Publication: Structural study of spongiosa tissue in growing sheep
Authors
Guillén, M.T. ; Franco, A. ; Robina, A. ; Gázquez, A.
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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A study was made of 160 long bones taken
from 40 native Merino sheep of both sexes. These
animals, which represented uniform growth (mean
growth-curve values), were divided into four groups
which were slaughtered consecutively at 0, 45, 105 and
270 days old (0, 6.4, 15 and 38.5 weeks, respectively).
The following bones were studied; humerus, femur,
tibia and os coxae. Thin lamellae taken from the
metaphyses of the bones obtained were fixed, decalcified
and stained with hematoxylin-eosin to assess the
development of the various components of growing bony
tissue.
The bones studied followed the same maturation
pattern; the os coxae proved to be the best histological
indicator in differentiating the age of the animals
studied.
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