Figure 1.
The anatomical manifestations and comparison of cartilage homeostasis between spontaneous FHN and normal broilers. (A) Normal femoral head. (B) Femoral head Incomplete separation of articular cartilage and growth plate. (C) Fracture of the epiphysis. (D) The histomorphology of articular cartilage was observed by H&E, alcian blue, toluidine blue and safranine O-solid green staining. (E) Cartilage homeostasis related level of mRNA expression. (F) Heatmap of cartilage homeostasis related genes mRNA level. Date was presented as mean ± SD (n = 8). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. Abbreviations: Col-2, collagen 2; Col-10, collagen-10.