Authors : Babelhadj Baaissa, Benaissa Atika, Adamou Abdelkader, Tekkouk -Zemmouchi Faiza, Ridouh Rania, Djelfaoui Zineb and Guintard Claude
Abstract: 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.
Babelhadj Baaissa, Benaissa Atika, Adamou Abdelkader, Tekkouk -Zemmouchi Faiza, Ridouh Rania, Djelfaoui Zineb and Guintard Claude, 2020. Osteometry of Dromedary Metapods: Case of the Algerian Population Targui (Camelus Dromedarius Linne, 1758). Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 19: 47-56.