A Radiographic Study on the Time of Fusion of the Ossification Loci Around the Elbow Joint of the Patanwadi Sheep
B. M. Jani
Department of Surgery and Radiology and Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, GAU, Anand Campus, Anand 388 001.
Corresponding author
M. N. Mannari
Department of Surgery and Radiology and Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, GAU, Anand Campus, Anand 388 001.
K. N. Vyas
Department of Surgery and Radiology and Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, GAU, Anand Campus, Anand 388 001.
Abstract
A radiographic study of the ossification process of Trochlea humeri, Epicondylus medialis (humeri), Caput radii and Tuber olecrani was done in twenty two healthy Patanwadi sheep ranging from two months to twenty six months of age and reared under identical optimum conditions. Trochlea humeri got fused with shaft at the age of six to seven months while Epicondylus medialis got fused at the age of 11 to 12 months, Tuber olecrani got fused at the age of twenty four to twenty six months and Caput radid got fused with the shaft at the age of eight months.