caa a22 4500 386320152 CHVBK 20180307111623.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198806 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0003356100019073 doi S0003356100019073 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0003356100019073 Allometric growth patterns of limb bones in rabbits [Elektronische Daten] Relative growth of length and thickness of femur, tibia, humerus and radius-ulna was studied using data from 320 rabbits from both sexes of two lines (New Zealand White and California). A cross-sectional design was used with slaughter points fixed at weekly intervals from 1 to 20 weeks of age. Carcass length was chosen as independent variable and two models were fitted to the data. Model 1 assumed the existence of one allometric change at some moment of the post-natal development and model 2 of a continuous change of the allometric coefficient throughout the experimental period. Most of the bone measurement showed allometric changes and in all the cases they were not abrupt but continuous. The theoretical and practical implications of the existence of these changes are discussed. The allometric coefficients of all the bone measurements showed a decreasing rate of change except radius-ulna thickness. While the coefficients for bone lengths were positive tending to isometry, for bone thickness they were always negative. Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988 Deltoro J. Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Camino de Vera-14, 46022, Valencia, Spain López Ana M. Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Camino de Vera-14, 46022, Valencia, Spain Animal Production Cambridge University Press 46/3(1988-06), 461-467 0003-3561 46:3<461 1988 46 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100019073 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100019073 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Deltoro J. Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Camino de Vera-14, 46022, Valencia, Spain NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- López Ana M. Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Camino de Vera-14, 46022, Valencia, Spain NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Production Cambridge University Press 46/3(1988-06), 461-467 0003-3561 46:3<461 1988 46 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge