Osteochondrosis might reduce the performance of slaughter pigs, longevity of sows and animal welfare. The aim of the present work was to describe the prevalence in Swiss breeds and to analyse the genetic background of osteochondral lesions. Between January 2002 and December 2005, about 9500 station-tested pigs were examined for several exterior traits before slaughtering at the Swiss pig perfor...

Congenital radioulnar synostosis is a rare disorder resulting in the fusion of the radius and ulna from birth. Management is conservative. Operative treatment rarely succeeds.

The earliest eutherian mammals were small-bodied locomotor generalists with a forelimb morphology that strongly resembles that of extant rats. Understanding the kinematics of the humerus, radius, and ulna of extant rats can inform and constrain hypotheses concerning typical posture and mobility in early eutherian forelimbs. The locomotion of Rattus norvegicus has been extensively studied, but t...

Aim: We aimed to examine the presence, number, anatomic location of nutrient foramen in long bones upper and lower limbs calculate index. Materials Methods: Our study was conducted on a total 295 bones, including 25 clavicle, 59 humerus, 49 radius, 32 ulna, femur, tibia, 22 fibula. The number each bone, direction its opening were determined recorded. All photographed with millimeter ruler. bone...

Functional skeletal adaptation is thought to be a local phenomenon controlled by osteoctyes. However, the nervous system also may have regulatory effects on adaptation. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of loading of a single bone on adaptation of other appendicular long bones and whether these responses were neuronally regulated. Young male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. The r...

This paper presents the dynamic injury tolerances for the female humerus and forearm derived from dynamic 3-point bending tests using 22 female cadaver upper extremities. Twelve female humeri were tested at an average strain rate of 3.7+/-1.3%/s. The strain rates were chosen to be representative of those observed during upper extremity interaction with frontal and side airbags. The average mome...