Chronic diseases in cats from the medieval site of Qalhât (Oman)

Hervé Monchot; Claude Guintard

doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.02.006

Chronic diseases in cats from the medieval site of Qalhât (Oman)

Int J Paleopathol. 2017 Jun:17:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.02.006. Epub 2017 Mar 11.

Authors

Hervé Monchot¹, Claude Guintard²

Affiliations

¹ Labex Resmed, Université Paris Sorbonne, 1 place Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: herve.monchot@wanadoo.fr.
² Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes [Oniris]-Anatomie Comparée, route de Gachet, CS 40706, 44307 Nantes Cedex 03, France. Electronic address: claude.guintard@oniris-nantes.fr.

PMID: 28521907
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.02.006

Abstract

Paleopathological information observed in cats (Felis catus, L. 1758) is rarely described in zooarcheological assemblages. This article is intended to present different bone diseases (infections, degenerative and traumatic lesions) affecting several bones (i.e. femur, hip bone, skull, etc.) of at least two cats from the medieval harbor site of Qalhât (Oman) and to inform us about the health status of these felines.

Keywords: Bone fracture; Cat; Paleopathology; Periarticular exostoses; Periodontal diseases; Qalhât (Oman).

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Animals
Bone Diseases / history*
Bone Diseases / pathology*
Cat Diseases / history*
Cat Diseases / pathology*
Cats
History, Medieval
Oman
Paleopathology