A dog's life: Multiple trauma and potential abuse in a medieval dog from Guimps (Charente, France)

International Journal of Paleopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-47

  Binois, Annelise ^a,c   Wardius, Christophe ^a,b,c   Rio, Pierre ^b   Bridault, Anne ^c   Petit, Christophe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b Parc d'activité de Villejames ^*  (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Animal abuse; Animal palaeopathology; Dog; Medieval archeology; Radius curvus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877588912     PISSN: 18799817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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