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Article: Incisor tooth breakage, enamel defects, and periodontitis in a declining Alaskan moose population.
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- January 1, 2006
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ABSTRACT: We examined 56 anterior segments of mandibles from moose harvested from a declining population that was affected by tooth wear and breakage at higher rates than in moose elsewhere on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Incisor teeth were examined for extent of tooth wear and breakage, the degree and prevalence of surface enamel defects, and radiographic evidence of periodontitis. Body size (incisor arcade width of adult moose) and body condition index (timing of tooth eruption in yearlings) of the Seward Peninsula population were compared to other Alaskan moose populations. Mean ([+ or -] SE) age of adult moose in the study was 4.6 [+ or -] 0.4 years. The age ...
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