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Morphometric analysis of the skull of the Sahel goat breed: basic and clinical anatomy.
Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia - 1 Jan 2000
Olopade James O, Onwuka Silas K
Abstract excerpt
The work reports morphometric analysis of the skulls of the Sahel breed of goat. The calculated metric data (mean +/- SD) included the condylobasal length, 16.94 +/- 1.39 cm, while the orbital circumference was 11.30 +/- 0.48 cm. The foramen magnum height and width were 1.82 +/- 0.11 cm and 1.85 +/- 0.15 cm respectively while the foramen magnum index was 89.81 +/- 8.71. Animals above one year of age had...
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