TY  - JOUR
T1  - Osteometry of Dromedary Metapods: Case of the Algerian Population Targui (Camelus
Dromedarius Linne, 1758)
AU - Baaissa, Babelhadj AU - -Zemmouchi Faiza, Tekkouk AU - Rania, Ridouh AU - Zineb, Djelfaoui AU - Atika, Benaissa AU - Abdelkader, Adamou AU - Claude, Guintard 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 19
IS  - 5
SP  - 47
EP  - 56
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2020.47.56
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2020.47.56
KW  - Algeria
KW  -dromedary
KW  -metapodial
KW  -osteometry
KW  -population
KW  -Targui
AB  - Our research was realized on a numerically
homogeneous sample of 60 dromedaries of Targui
population that is originally from the Hoggar
(Tamanrasset, extreme Southern Algeria). The animals are
adults (30 males and 30 females) they are from 5-10
years old and over 10 years old destined for slaughter.
The canon bones (metapodials) were taken from the
slaughterhouse ofthe city of Ouargla (one left metacarpus
and metatarsus of each animal), they were cooked and
dried then weighed and measured (16 variables per
animal). Gracility index of bones were calculated with 6
indexes per animal. The analysis of variability and the
correlations between variables allows in the framework of
the realization of archeo Zoology references to consider
the ability to grasp certain parameters of living animal
from bone measurements. Seven linear parameters of each
metapodial were calculated. Sexual dimorphism appears
clearly at the level of metapodial.
ER  -