title: Inflammatory arthritis in canids: spondyloarthropathy.
abstract: Spondyloarthropathy was observed in 25 (2.8%) of 895 preserved canid museum specimens and was catalogued by species. The associated skeletal alterations in canids are indistinguishable grossly and physiologically from those in humans with spondyloarthropathy of the reactive type. Rate of affliction was independent of captive or wild-caught status or gender. In canids, spondyloarthropathy was much more common than osteoarthritis (0.3%), which predominantly is limited to captive animals. Animal well-being may be enhanced by recognition of the condition and initiation of specific treatment.
authors.affiliation: Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio, 5500 Market, Youngstown, Ohio 44512, USA.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rothschild
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rothschild
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002335:Carnivora; D005260:Female; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000473:pathology; D012540:Scapula / Q000473:pathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D025241:Spondylarthritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013264:Stifle / Q000473:pathology