Table 1 Differences [least square means ± standard error (SE)] between lateral and medial measurements for the length of metacarpal and metatarsal bones in 2-year-old untrimmed pastured ewes from five different Iranian sheep breeds

L1¹, mm

121.5^(b)

122.8^a

2.00

122.5^a

122.4^a

2.00

1314^a

131.3^a

2.00

133.0^a

132.7^a

2.00

1173^a

117.2^a

2.00

L2², mm

137.5^b

139.1^a

2.10

141.3^a

141.3^a

2.10

147.8^a

147.8^a

2.10

149.7^a

149.5^a

2.10

134.4^a

134.4^a

2.10

D1³, mm

124.4^(b)

126.0^b

2.00

125.5^a

126.5^a

2.00

134.7^a

134.9^a

2.00

136.4^a

136.6^a

2.00

120.4^a

120.9^a

2.00

D2⁴, mm

141.8^a

142.5^a

2.10

143.5^a

144.4^a

2.10

150.4^a

150.8^a

2.10

152.4^a

152.4^a

2.10

136.9^a

13.47^a

2.10

X1⁵, mm

15.96^a

16.3^a

0.40

18.9^a

18.9^a

0.40

16.4^a

16.6^a

0.40

16.8^a

16.9^a

0.40

17.1^a

17.2^a

0.40

X2⁶, mm

19.0^a

18.9^a

0.50

21.5^a

21.1^a

0.50

18.0^a

18.2^a

0.50

18.9^a

18.8^a

0.50

19.4^a

19.4^a

0.50

X3⁷, mm

14.7^a

14.9^a

0.30

16.9^a

16.7^a

0.50

15.0^a

151^a

0.50

15.2^a

15.2^a

0.50

15.7^a

15.6^a

0.50