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Table 1 Timing of fore limb and hind limb OCs appearance by histological investigation

From: Small-sized newborn dogs skeletal development: radiologic, morphometric, and histological findings obtained from spontaneously dead animals

Ossification centers

I group (n =5)

II group (n = 4)

III group (n = 2)

IV group (n = 2)

Caput humeri

OCT-0 (2)

OCT-0 (2) OCT-2 (2)

OCT-2 (1) OCT-3 (1)

OCT-3 (2)

Trochlea humeri

  

OCT-0 (1)

OCT-3 (2)

Capitulum humeri

  

OCT-1 (1)

OCT-0 (2)

Caput radii

   

OCT-2 (2)

Trochlea radii

   

OCT-2 (2)

Os carpi intermedium

   

OCT-2 (2)

Os carpi radiale

   

OCT-2 (1)

Os carpi ulnare

   

OCT-1 (2)

Os carpi accessorium

 

OCT-1 (1)

OCT-2 (1)

OCT-3 (2)

Os pubis

OCT-2 (3) OCT-0 (1)

OCT-0 (1) OCT-3 (3)

OCT-3 (2)

OCT-3 (2)

Os carpi II. III. IV

   

OCT-1/2 (1)

Caput ossis femoris

 

OCT-0 (3)

OCT-1 (1) OCT-2 (1)

OCT-3 (2)

Trochlea

  

OCT-0 (2)

OCT-3 (2)

Condylus medialis femoris

   

OCT-3 (1) OCT-0 (1)

Condylus lateralis femoris

   

OCT-3 (1) OCT-0 (1)

Tibial proximal epiphysis

   

OCT-3 (2)

Cochlea tibiae

   

OCT-2 (2)

Calcaneus

OCT-3 (5)

OCT-3 (4)

OCT-3 (2)

OCT-3 (2)

Talus

OCT-3 (4) OCT-0 (1)

OCT-3 (2)

OCT-3 (2)

OCT-3 (2)

Os tarsi centrale

   

OCT-3 (2)