Osteometric Effects of Surgical Caponisation on Some Long Bones in Cockerel Chickens

Table 4

Mean (±SEM) diameters of midshafts of long bones in caponised and uncaponised cockerels in (cm).

Parameters	Caponised	Uncaponised	𝑃 value
Humerus	8.320±0.278	8.140±0.231	0.625^NS
Femur	12.380±0.386	12.020±0.386	0.479^NS
Ulna	6.520±0.125	7.040±0.109	0.006*
Tibia	11.980±0.644	11.280±0.818	0.510^NS
Tarsometatarsus	12.480±0.249	11.600±0.401	0.082^NS

NSNot significant (𝑃>0.05), *significant (𝑃≤0.05).