Table 3. Area of the longitudinal vascular canals (VCs) at both sides of the neonatal line in the limb bones of Equus.

	FEMORA				TIBIAE
	Before the NL		After the NL		Before the NL		After the NL
	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD
E. hemionus	137	254.8±95.2	135	372.4±137.6	150	243.5±91.6	169	446.8±177
E. quagga	123	356.6±142.4	114	501.3±246.1	156	497.6±146.4	147	823.3±301.3
E. grevyi	59	177±57.7	70	292.5±137.3	74	270.7±100.6	128	458±170
	METACARPI				METATARSI
	Before the NL		After the NL		Before the NL		After the NL
	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD
E. hemionus	449	455.4±191	454	1213.7±660.6	514	499.1±209.2	427	1284.4±655.7
E. quagga	72	508.8±184.5	29	1080.3±276.1	52	525.4±155.9	34	1962.9±656.1
E. grevyi	-	-	-	-	100	426.1±202.4	72	1502.6±873

n = number of observations; SD = standard deviation.