Table 2.
The effect of housing system and gender on some functional parameters of tibia and femur bones.
| Traits | Housing System (HS) | Gender (G) | SEM | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | S | Male | Female | HS | G | HS × G | ||
| tibia | ||||||||
| Length (mm) | 112.32 | 114,09 | 124.99 a | 102.21 b | 2.125 | 0.2826 | 0.0001 | 0.2604 |
| Width (mm) | 8.03 | 8.05 | 9.20 a | 6.95 b | 0.220 | 0.7561 | 0.0001 | 0.5233 |
| Weight (g) | 10.64 | 10.63 | 14.65 a | 6.88 b | 0.721 | 0.3454 | 0.0001 | 0.5233 |
| Fracture toughness (N/cm2) | 386.29 | 379.34 | 488.04 a | 283.95 b | 19.925 | 0.3564 | 0.0001 | 0.9206 |
| femur | ||||||||
| Length (mm) | 69.26 | 69.78 | 75.00 a | 62.04 b | 1.380 | 0.4303 | 0.0001 | 0.8159 |
| Width (mm) | 9.34 | 9.40 | 10.62 a | 8.13 b | 0.247 | 0.7647 | 0.0001 | 0.5152 |
| Weight (g) | 7.90 | 7.58 | 10.44 a | 5.04 b | 0.496 | 0.1008 | 0.0001 | 0.5542 |
| Fracture toughness (N/cm2) | 372.22 | 361.63 | 450.17 a | 283.68 b | 17.716 | 0.5925 | 0.0001 | 0.3345 |
D = deep litter; S = swimming ponds. a,b Different superscripts within a row indicate significant differences between means (p ≤ 0.05).