Craniometrical Studies on Calvarial Development in Dromedarian Fetuses

Abstract

The study aimed at studying the craniometric data of the calvaria in one-humped camel fetuses. A total number of thirty-two wasted camel fetuses were collected from Sokoto central abattoir for a period of six months; eleven fetuses were at the first trimester, twelve at the second trimester and nine at the third trimester from which craniometrical data were obtained and studied. The skull length, skull weight, cranial length, viscerocranial length, maximum zygomatic width, maximum width of neurocranium and the cranial indices all indicated increased values with corresponding fetal age increase as seen at the varying trimesters of the camel fetuses which were statistically significant (P