@article{
author = "Marković, Nemanja and Bulatović, Jelena and Krstić, Nikola and Marinković, Darko and Pantović, Ivana and Russell, Nerissa and Rothschild, Bruce and Marić, Miroslav",
year = "2022",
abstract = "This paper aims to assess the etiology and differential diagnosis of severe pathological
lesions in wild and domestic cattle from the Late Neolithic site of At-Vršac in the
northeast part of the present-day Serbia. Excavations of this multilayered site
revealed the remains of a Late Neolithic settlement belonging to the Vinča culture
network of the Central Balkans. An aurochs metacarpal bone, two domestic cattle
fragments of fused ulna and radius and of tibia, all with massive bone proliferations
were recovered during the archaeological excavations in 1976. Paleopathological
study was undertaken using an interdisciplinary approach, including AMS dating, radiography,
computed tomography (CT), and histopathology. The results show severe
oblique healed fracture with secondary pronounced bone reaction in the aurochs
metacarpal bone and in the domestic cattle ulna–radius, while traumatic alteration
infected with disseminated osteomyelitis was found in the domestic cattle tibia.
These pathologies of wild and domestic cattle are discussed to reveal the level of
environmental and human influence on the origin and development of the lesions in
the Late Neolithic cattle.",
publisher = "John Wiley & Sons, Njujork, SAD",
journal = "International Journal of Osteoarchaeology",
title = "Severe traumatic lesions in the Late Neolithic cattle from the site of At-Vršac",
number = "32 (6)",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3147"
}