Macro-Anatomical Study of Columna Vertebralis in the Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa)

ln this study, the bones consisting of the vertebral column in feral pigs were examined. For this purpose, 5 feral pigs were used. It was determined that feral pigs had C7, T14, L6-7, S3-4, C18-22 vertebras. Data available within the atlas illustrated the foramen vertebrale laterale, foramen alare and foramen transversarium. The dorsale tubercle was high and in the form of a tube. The spine processus of thoracic vertebrae were long and wide. The eleventh thoracic vertebra was found as anticlinal vertebra. The accessory processuses were present from the last thoracal of the vertebra to the first four lumbal vertebrae. Only the corpus of sacral vertebrae were joined one another. The auricular surface of sacral vertebra was faced to caudo-ventral direction and spine processes were thin and crest. As a result, it was determined that vertebral column skeleton in the feral pigs were different from the carnivor and other wildlife species.