Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats

A morphometric study was undertaken on the long bones in the two predominant breeds of small ruminant in Northern Guinea Savanna zone of Nigeria, to determine their anatomical differences and thus, provide a means of differentiating the remains of these two species during zooarchaeological studies a...

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Autores principales:	Salami,S. O, Ibe,C. S, Umosen,A. D, Ajayi,I. E, Maidawa,S. M
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2011
Materias:	Yankasa sheep Red Sokoto goat Long bones
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220110001000172011-09-21Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto GoatsSalami,S. OIbe,C. SUmosen,A. DAjayi,I. EMaidawa,S. M Yankasa sheep Red Sokoto goat Long bones A morphometric study was undertaken on the long bones in the two predominant breeds of small ruminant in Northern Guinea Savanna zone of Nigeria, to determine their anatomical differences and thus, provide a means of differentiating the remains of these two species during zooarchaeological studies and gross anatomy practical session. The pelvic and pectoral limbs from thirty animals (15 Yankasa sheep and 15 Red Sokoto goats) of both sexes were used for this study. The long bones of the pectoral limbs considered were the humerus, radius, ulna and metacarpal III while those of the pelvic limbs were the femur, tibia and metatarsal III. The parameters considered were the mean weights, lengths and diameters of the proximal extremity, mid-shaft and distal extremities of these bones. The result of this study showed that there is a very high statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) in the length of long bones between the two species, with that of the Yankasa sheep being significantly longer than the Red Sokoto goat. Also, the differences in weights as well as diameters of the proximal, middle and distal shafts of the tibia between the two species are of a very high statistical importance (p < 0.001). Conversely, the differences in the proximal and distal diameters of the femur between the two species are not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Factors that may be responsible for these differences were discussed. It is concluded that the bones of the Yankasa sheep and Red Sokoto goat can be differentiated by the disparity in the length of these long bones or the disparity in the entire morphometry of the tibia bone.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.29 n.1 20112011-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000100017en10.4067/S0717-95022011000100017
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spellingShingle	Yankasa sheep Red Sokoto goat Long bones Salami,S. O Ibe,C. S Umosen,A. D Ajayi,I. E Maidawa,S. M Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats
description	A morphometric study was undertaken on the long bones in the two predominant breeds of small ruminant in Northern Guinea Savanna zone of Nigeria, to determine their anatomical differences and thus, provide a means of differentiating the remains of these two species during zooarchaeological studies and gross anatomy practical session. The pelvic and pectoral limbs from thirty animals (15 Yankasa sheep and 15 Red Sokoto goats) of both sexes were used for this study. The long bones of the pectoral limbs considered were the humerus, radius, ulna and metacarpal III while those of the pelvic limbs were the femur, tibia and metatarsal III. The parameters considered were the mean weights, lengths and diameters of the proximal extremity, mid-shaft and distal extremities of these bones. The result of this study showed that there is a very high statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) in the length of long bones between the two species, with that of the Yankasa sheep being significantly longer than the Red Sokoto goat. Also, the differences in weights as well as diameters of the proximal, middle and distal shafts of the tibia between the two species are of a very high statistical importance (p < 0.001). Conversely, the differences in the proximal and distal diameters of the femur between the two species are not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Factors that may be responsible for these differences were discussed. It is concluded that the bones of the Yankasa sheep and Red Sokoto goat can be differentiated by the disparity in the length of these long bones or the disparity in the entire morphometry of the tibia bone.
author	Salami,S. O Ibe,C. S Umosen,A. D Ajayi,I. E Maidawa,S. M
author_facet	Salami,S. O Ibe,C. S Umosen,A. D Ajayi,I. E Maidawa,S. M
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title	Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats
title_short	Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats
title_full	Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats
title_fullStr	Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats
title_full_unstemmed	Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats
title_sort	comparative osteometric study of long bones in yankasa sheep and red sokoto goats
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2011
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Comparative Osteometric Study of Long Bones in Yankasa Sheep and Red Sokoto Goats

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