Exceptional bone density DXA values of the rostrum of a deep-diving marine mammal: A new technical insight in the adaptation of bone to aquatic life

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1123-1125

  Zotti, Alessandro ^a   Poggi, Roberto ^b   Cozzi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b G Doria Civic Museum of Natural History   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HARD PALATE; MALE; MAXILLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WHALE; AGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALF (MAMMAL); CAT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOG; HORSE; MARINE MAMMAL; METACARPAL BONE; NOTE; PIG; PRIMATE MODEL; SHEEP; SKULL; SNOUT; STRIPED BASS; TOOTHED WHALE; X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; WHALES;

EID: 70450237391     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0647-4     Document Type: Short Survey

References (18)

1. SJ Grier AS Turner MR Alvis 1996 The use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in animals Invest Radiol 31 50 62 10.1097/00004424-199601000- 00008 1:STN:280:DyaK2s%2FgtlShtA%3D%3D 8850365 (Pubitemid 26017735)
2. MG Jayo CP Jerome CJ Lees SE Rankin DS Weaver 1994 Bone mass in female cynomolgus macaques: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study by age Calcif Tissue Int 54 231 236 10.1007/BF00301684 1:STN:280:DyaK2czjt1Kquw%3D%3D 8055372
3. MG Jayo SE Rankin DS Weaver CS Carlson TB Clarkson 1991 Accuracy and precision of lumbar bone mineral content by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in live female monkeys Calcif Tissue Int 49 438 440 10.1007/BF02555858 1:STN:280:DyaK383pvVamtg%3D%3D 1818771
4. JM Pouilles F Collard F Tremollieres, et al. 2000 Accuracy and precision of in vivo bone mineral measurements in sheep using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Calcif Tissue Int 66 70 73 10.1007/s002230050014 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXltFyktg%3D%3D 10602849
5. Nüske S, Scholz AM, Förster M. Studies on the growth of the claws in new born calves using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Proceedings of the 12th international symposium on lameness in ruminants, Orlando (FL), USA; 2002: 199-201.
6. AM Scholz S Nüske M Förster 2003 Body composition and bone mineralization measurement in calves of different genetic origin by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Acta Diabetol 40 S91 S94 10.1007/s00592-003- 0037-7 14618444 (Pubitemid 37322728)
7. B Carstanjen F Duboeuf J Detilleux OM Lepage 2003 Equine third metacarpal bone assessment by quantitative ultrasound and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry: an ex vivo study J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 50 42 47 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3s7jsFymtA%3D%3D 12650508
8. AD Mitchell MG Scholz VG Pursel 2001 Total body and regional measurements of bone mineral content and bone mineral density in pigs by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry J Anim Sci 79 2594 2604 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXosVKisLs%3D 11721838
9. TD Emmerson TJ Lawes AE Goodship C Rueux-Mason P Muir 2001 Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurement of bone-mineral density in the distal aspect of the limbs in racing Greyhounds Am J Vet Res 61 1214 1219 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61. 1214
10. A Zotti M Isola E Sturaro L Menegazzo P Piccinini D Bernardini 2004 Vertebral mineral density measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in a group of healthy Italian Boxer dogs J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 51 254 258 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2cvhtFOgsw%3D%3D 15315706
11. SD Lauten NR Cox GH Baker DJ Painter NE Morrison HJ Baker 2000 Body composition of growing and adult cats as measured by use of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry Comp Med 50 175 183 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3czht1Gjtg%3D%3D 10857009
12. C Guglielmini A Zotti D Bernardini M Pietra M Podestà B Cozzi 2002 Bone density of the arm and forearm as an age indicator in stranded specimens of the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) Anat Rec 267 225 230 10.1002/ar.10107 12115272 (Pubitemid 34742322)
13. C Butti L Corain B Cozzi, et al. 2007 Age estimation in the Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) by bone density of the thoracic limb J Anat 211 639 646 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00805.x 17850286 (Pubitemid 47617321)
14. CD McLeod 2002 Possible functions of the ultradense bone in the rostrum of Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) Can J Zool 80 178 184 10.1139/z01-188 (Pubitemid 34190579)
15. V De Buffrenil L Zylberberg W Traub D Casinos 2000 Structural and mechanical characteristics of the hyperdense bone of the rostrum of Mesoplodon densirostris (Cetacea, Ziphiidae): summary of recent observations Hist Biol 14 57 65 10.1080/10292380009380555
16. RW Baird DL Webster DJ McSweeney AD Ligon GS Schorr J Barlow 2006 Diving behaviour of Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales in Hawaii Can J Zool 84 1120 1128 10.1139/Z06-095 (Pubitemid 44884346)
17. PL Tyack M Johnson N Aguilar de Soto A Sturlese PT Madsen 2006 Extreme diving of beaked whales J Exp Biol 209 4238 4253 10.1242/jeb.02505 17050839 (Pubitemid 44863180)
18. M Johnson PT Madsen WMX Zimmer N Aguilar de Soto PL Tyack 2006 Foraging Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) produce distinct click types matched to different phases of echolocation J Exp Biol 209 5038 5050 10.1242/jeb.02596 1:STN:280:DC%2BD28jgsVGjtA%3D%3D 17142692 (Pubitemid 46166731)