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

Table 2

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

Parameters	Uncaponised	Caponised	𝑃 value
Humerus	3.860±0.045	3.960±0.100	0.380^NS
Femur	4.866±0.175	5.000±0.132	0.531^NS
Ulna	4.780±0.116	5.060±0.173	0.199^NS
Tibia	7.100±0.225	7.800±0.159	0.022*
Tarsometatarsus	4.590±0.176	5.020±0.071	0.043*

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