Table 6.
The bone mineral density in each wing bone in NW and AW in HW geese.
| Parts | Parameter | The kinds of wing |
SEM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWs | AWs | ||||
| Humerus | BMC (g) | 8.89 | 8.46 | 0.02 | 0.606 |
| BMD (g/cm2) | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.495 | |
| Ulna | BMC (g) | 3.47 | 3.50 | 0.02 | 0.922 |
| BMD (g/cm2) | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.758 | |
| Radial | BMC (g) | 1.75 | 1.80 | 0.07 | 0.740 |
| BMD (g/cm2) | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.279 | |
| Metacarpal | BMC (g) | 2.37 | 2.11 | 0.11 | 0.303 |
| BMD (g/cm2) | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.680 | |
| Phalanges | BMC (g) | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.03 | 0.442 |
| BMD (g/cm2) | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.764 | |
Abbreviations: BMC, bone mineral content; BMD, bone mineral density.
NW, normal wings form normal wing geese; AW, angel wings from bilateral angel wing geese; wings were from the right-side wing of HW goose. n = 4