A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats?
Abstract This study examined whether radiographic images measurements of the calcaneus in cats are determinative of sex and breed. For this purpose, radiographic images of 70 cats (37 male and 33 females) of different ages (from one to 18 years) and different breeds (41 mix‐breed, 18 Scottish Fold a...
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| description | Abstract This study examined whether radiographic images measurements of the calcaneus in cats are determinative of sex and breed. For this purpose, radiographic images of 70 cats (37 male and 33 females) of different ages (from one to 18 years) and different breeds (41 mix‐breed, 18 Scottish Fold and 11 British Shorthair cats) without orthopaedic problems were used. Right tarsal joint radiographs of these orthopaedically healthy cats were taken. Four linear measurements and two angle values of the calcaneus were obtained from the radiographic images. The MANOVA result showed that the most determining factor between the three groups was the greatest width (p value = 0.001). Calcaneal body length, calcaneal greatest length and calcaneal shortest depth were higher in mix‐breed cats. Calcaneal tuber length was higher in Scottish Fold cats. The only statistically significant difference between Scottish Fold and British Shorthair was in the calcaneal tuber length (p value = 0.04). In the comparison made between the sexes regardless of species, the linear measurements in males were higher than in females. It was determined that these parameters are statistically significant in terms of sex differentiation in cats. Dorsal and plantar calcaneal angles are not sex determinants in cats. The effect of age on other measurements was analysed by correlation test. However, the effect of age on the measurements was not statistically significant. Mix‐breed cats were examined in four groups according to their colour (grey, black‐white, yellow, tri‐colour). No statistically significant difference was found between calcaneal measurements of cats with different skin colour genotypes. In this study, calcaneus measurements were both determinative between breeds and sexes in cats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d09b356b2df4922b73343da8637cae82022-12-22T03:17:47ZengWileyVeterinary Medicine and Science2053-10952022-09-01851855186110.1002/vms3.899A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats?Esra Şenol0Ozan Gündemir1Sokol Duro2Tomasz Szara3Yasin Demiraslan4Hüseyin Karadağ5Institute of Graduate Studies Istanbul University‐Cerrahpasa Istanbul TurkeyFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy Istanbul University‐Cerrahpasa Istanbul TurkeyFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Agricultural University of Tirana Tirana AlbaniaDepartment of Morphological Sciences Institute of Veterinary Medicine Warsaw University of Life Sciences Warsaw Warszawa PolandFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Anatomy Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Burdur TurkeyFaculty of Dentistry Department of Basic Sciences Istanbul Gelisim University Istanbul TurkeyAbstract This study examined whether radiographic images measurements of the calcaneus in cats are determinative of sex and breed. For this purpose, radiographic images of 70 cats (37 male and 33 females) of different ages (from one to 18 years) and different breeds (41 mix‐breed, 18 Scottish Fold and 11 British Shorthair cats) without orthopaedic problems were used. Right tarsal joint radiographs of these orthopaedically healthy cats were taken. Four linear measurements and two angle values of the calcaneus were obtained from the radiographic images. The MANOVA result showed that the most determining factor between the three groups was the greatest width (p value = 0.001). Calcaneal body length, calcaneal greatest length and calcaneal shortest depth were higher in mix‐breed cats. Calcaneal tuber length was higher in Scottish Fold cats. The only statistically significant difference between Scottish Fold and British Shorthair was in the calcaneal tuber length (p value = 0.04). In the comparison made between the sexes regardless of species, the linear measurements in males were higher than in females. It was determined that these parameters are statistically significant in terms of sex differentiation in cats. Dorsal and plantar calcaneal angles are not sex determinants in cats. The effect of age on other measurements was analysed by correlation test. However, the effect of age on the measurements was not statistically significant. Mix‐breed cats were examined in four groups according to their colour (grey, black‐white, yellow, tri‐colour). No statistically significant difference was found between calcaneal measurements of cats with different skin colour genotypes. In this study, calcaneus measurements were both determinative between breeds and sexes in cats.https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.899catcalcaneusradiometryradiographic imagestarsus |
| spellingShingle | Esra Şenol Ozan Gündemir Sokol Duro Tomasz Szara Yasin Demiraslan Hüseyin Karadağ A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats? Veterinary Medicine and Science cat calcaneus radiometry radiographic images tarsus |
| title | A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats? |
| title_full | A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats? |
| title_fullStr | A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats? |
| title_full_unstemmed | A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats? |
| title_short | A pilot study: Can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats? |
| title_sort | pilot study can calcaneus radiographic image be used to determine sex and breed in cats |
| topic | cat calcaneus radiometry radiographic images tarsus |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.899 |
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