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

Table 5

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

Parameters	Caponised	Uncaponised	𝑃 value
Humerus	15.500±0.380	15.040±0.375	0.362^NS
Femur	25.000±0.72	23.960±0.365	0.221^NS
Ulna	9.920±0.174	9.860±0.417	0.897^NS
Tibia	25.920±0.507	25.780±0.919	0.896^NS
Tarsometatarsus	21.560±0.730	21.820±0.341	0.752^NS

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