RADIOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF THE OSSIFICATION CENTERS APPEARANCE AND ITS CLOSURE IN LONG BONES OF RABBITS

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The present study was performed on 8 newly born native breed rabbits. The appearance of ossification centers and physeal closure were determined by radiographical follow-up from birth till one year in several intervals. The length of the long bones was measured in the same intervals with assessement of The radiographs. It was found that the number of the ossification centers as well as its appearance were varied from one bone to another. Also the physeal closure were noticed earlier in the proximal epiphyses than the distal one. The bone length showed a smooth even curve with no sudden accelerated growth.