thanks a lot!

Are you interested in normal cats or pathology. The article presented above only covers the humeral condyle in association with osteoarthropathy. An interesting project would be assessing cortical bone density at multiple sites along clinically normal humeri of adult cats- but then the question would arise- What's the purpose of this study? You would need to assess this in combination with future routes of study. For example, are you interested in assessing the impact of nutrition on bone density in clinically apparently healthy cats, the affect of being maintained in kennel conditions for cats in humane societies awaiting adoption, or the affect of bone density on bone healing?

I don't know of any studies assessing bone density in clinically healthy cats using methods such as densitometry or assessment of cortical thickness and hounsfield unit measurements. There are a lot of different routes a study like this could take and I'd be interested in reading more about what you are considering. 

The suggested multicentre study had a different remit to normal bone density. The person who might know about current research is Prof Sorrel Langley-Hobbs at Bristol Vet School. Try contacting her; she is an orthopaedic vet with a special interest in cats.

In the mentioned study, Dave Bennett and Duncan Lascelles might also be helpful as they have lots of experience with cat bones.

And, I forgot, this lady has been looking at bone density in normal and abnormal bones, admittedly from a different small mammal and a different long bone as part of her PhD. She will know the literature very well.

Johanna Mäkitaipale

DVM, Specialist in Small Animal Diseases, GPCert(SAS) at Evidensia Oy