Beobachtungen über den Rumpfabschnitt der Wirbelsäule des Elches - Alces alces L.

Abstract

Beobachtungen über den Rumpfabschnitt der Wirbelsäule des Elches-A lces alces L. Obserwacje nad tułowiowym odcinkiem kręgosłupa łosia-Alces alces L.

Bisoniana LIV. The thorax in European bison and other ruminants

“…Vokken (1961) draw s a tte n tio n to the fact th a t in dom estic cattle (in 1.6% of cases) and sheep (in as m any as 3.5% of cases) deviation can be observed from the norm al num ber of 13 pairs of ribs. Pilarski & Roskosz (1959) observed thoracalisation, lum balisation and sacralisation in th e elk. These sam e authors observed u n ilateral m etam orphosis of the arched rib into th e floating rib in one individual of this species.…”

The Department of Animal Anatomy of the Central School of Agriculture, Warsaw

“…All papers (except nos. 31,32,38) has been published in polish with russian, and English, french or german summaries.…”