Morphometric Study on the Digital Bones in the Domestic Cattle

In this study, the phalanges of the forelimb and hindlimb of 18 adult Holstein breed cattle were used. Morphometric measurements were taken from 144 digital bones. In contrast to classical references, it was concluded that the greatest lengths (GLpe) were longer in the hindlimb than the forelimb for the phalanx proximalis and phalanx media. In the phalanx proximalis and phalanx media, the SD*100/GLpe index value was high in the forelimb and low in the hindlimb. It was observed that the diffrences between the Bp (Breadth of the proximal end) values of phalanx proximalis and Bd (Breadth of the distal end) values in phalanx media were significant for the inner bones of the forelimb and their hindlimb counterparts, while the other values were statistically not significant. The presence of an asymmetry between the osteometric measurements of the internal and external bones of the digits could only be observed between the GL values of the phalanx media of forelimb (P

Evcil Sığırlarda Parmak Kemikleri Üzerine Morfometrik Çalışma

Bu çalışmada, 18 adet erişkin Holstein ırkı sığıra ait ön ve arka ayak parmak kemikleri (phalanx proximalis, media ve distalis) kullanıldı. Toplam 144 parmak kemiğinin her birinden morfometrik ölçümler alındı. En büyük uzunluk (GLpe) ölçümlerinin hem Ph1, hem de Ph2’lerde, klasik kaynakların aksine arka ayaklarda daha fazla olduğu sonucuna varıldı. Ph1 ve Ph2’lerde SD*100/GLpe indeksinin ön ayaklarda daha yüksek, arka ayaklarda ise düşük olduğu gözlendi. Ph1’de Bp, Ph2’de de Bd değerlerinin ön ayakların internal kemikleriyle arka karşılıkları arasındaki farklarının istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı olması dışında, diğer farklılıkların istatistiki açıdan anlam taşımadığı gözlendi. Parmakların internal ve external kemiklerinin osteometrik ölçümleri arasında bir asimetrinin varlığı sadece ön Ph2’nin GL değerleri arasında gözlenebildi (P

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