Bone Health and Disease in Veterinary Species

Once considered relatively static structures, the skeletal system has revealed itself to be dynamic and interactive, involved in cross talk with a number of different systems. The combination of an important mechanical role with its traditional roles in calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and newly discovered roles in other metabolic processes mean there is considerable scope for learning more about the structure, function and metabolism of bone in health and in disease.



Due to the challenges in dealing with bone, research on normal bone growth and development, and on different bone diseases is often lacking. Much of current bone research revolves around humans and rodent models, with little emphasis given to the wide variety of veterinary species. Extrapolation of such research to veterinary species may be inappropriate and inaccurate. Recent advances in imaging availability for larger species, and advanced molecular techniques provide opportunities to advance our knowledge of bone health and disease with data specific to veterinary species.



We invite you to contribute your research on topics in bone health and bone disease in veterinary species. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

- bone growth & development

- effects of exercise or nutrition on normal bone development, bone fracture, bone neoplasia, metabolic bone disease, genetic bone disease, nutritional bone diseases, toxic bone diseases and hyperostotic bone diseases

Keywords: Bone development, Bone growth, Exercise, Fracture, Neoplasia, Inflammation, Metabolic bone disease, Genetic disease, Ruminants

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