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ArticleScientific reports2024

The effect of caponization on tibia bone histomorphometric properties of crossbred roosters.

J Wojciechowska-Puchałka, J Calik, J Krawczyk, J Obrzut, E Tomaszewska, S Muszyński, D Wojtysiak

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J Wojciechowska-PuchałkaDepartment of Animal Reproduction, Anatomy and Genomics, University of Agriculture in Kraków, 24/28 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059, Cracow, Poland. joanna.wojciechowska-puchalka@urk.edu.pl.
J CalikDepartment of Poultry Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083, Balice, Poland.
J KrawczykDepartment of Poultry Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083, Balice, Poland.
J ObrzutDepartment of Poultry Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083, Balice, Poland.
E TomaszewskaDepartment of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 12 Akademicka St., 20-950, Lublin, Poland.
S MuszyńskiDepartment of Biophysics, Faculty of Environmental Biology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 13 Akademicka St, 20-950, Lublin, Poland.
D WojtysiakDepartment of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Ethology, Faculty of Animal Sciences, University of Agriculture in Kraków, 24/28 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059, Cracow, Poland.
National Research Institute of Animal Production · PLUniversity of Agriculture in Krakow · PLUniversity of Life Sciences in Lublin · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The negative effect of caponization on the structural, geometric and mechanical parameters of femur and tibia has been shown in a few studies. Nevertheless, its influence on tibia bone microarchitecture is still largely unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effect of castration on the microstructural parameters of the trabecular and compact bone of tibia bone in crossbred chickens. The experiment involved 96 roosters derived from crossing Yellowleg Partridge hens ([Formula: see text]-33) and Rhode Island Red cockerels (R-11) fattened until the 16th, 20th and 24th week of life. Animals were randomly divided into 2 groups of 48 each. Group I (control) consisted of intact roosters and group II (experimental) consisted of birds subjected to caponization at the 8th week of age. The castration surgery had no influence on some properties within compact bone such as osteon diameter On.Dm, osteon perimeter On.Pm, osteon area On.Ar, osteocyte lacunar number Ot.Lc.N, osteon bone area On.B.Ar, osteon wall thickness On.W.Th as well as thick-mature collagen content in all analyzed age groups of animals. Nevertheless, our results demonstrate that castration caused a decrease of Haversian canal area Hc.Ar, osteocyte lacunar area Ot.Lc.Ar and osteocyte lacunar porosity Ot.Lc.Po among the 16-week-old birds, decrease of Haversian canal perimeter Hc.Pm and increase of fraction of bone area On.B.Ar/On.Ar among 16- and 24-week-old individuals and also an increase of osteocyte lacunar density Ot.Lc.Dn in the osteons of the oldest roosters. Additionally, some microstructural parameters of trabecular bone show the negative effect of caponization. The youngest 16-week-old capons were characterized by thinnin the trabecular in the epiphysis part of tibia. Moreover, in the case of 24-week-old, there is an increase in the trabecular separation Tb.Sp with simultaneous decrease of trabecular number Tb.N compared to roosters, which may suggest the increase of the bone resorption among the oldest individuals. The increased bone turnover in the epiphysis part of the tibia bone also indicates changes in the collagen fibers distribution, where among 20-week-old animals there is a decrease in the content of immature thin collagen fibers with simultaneous increase in the content of mature thick collagen fibers. Furthermore, among the oldest 24-week-old individuals we can observe the increased thick-to-thin collagen ratio, which may be a sign of slowing down in bone formation.

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ChickensTibiaAnimalsCollagenEpiphysesFemaleFemurHumansMaleCollagenBonesCaponizationCollagenMicrostructureRoostersTibia

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