Figure 1.
Map showing the location of Öland and Eketorp.
Figure 2.
Six skeletal lesions in metapodials from Eketorp ringfort, Öland, Sweden.
The lesions comprise of lipping (1), exostosis (2), depression on distal trochlea (3), broadening of the medial trochlea (4), tarsal ankylosis (5) and bone inflammation causing thickening of the diaphysis (6).
Table 1.
Results of molecular sexing.
Figure 3.
Histograms showing the size of cattle metatarsals and metatarsals according to the breadth of the distal epiphysis (Bd).
Sex according to molecular analyses. Included are all available measurements.
Table 2.
Results of the mean value and standard deviation (s.d.) of the distal epiphysis (Bd) in molecular sexed metapodials from Eketorp ringfort, Öland in Sweden.
Figure 4.
Histograms showing the size variation of metapodia with unspecific or workload related pathological lesions.
Table 3.
Frequency of pathological lesions on cattle metapodia at Eketorp in phase II and III studied by molecular analyses.
Figure 5.
Histogram showing size variation and pathological lesions for males correlated with Y haplogroup.
Figure 6.
Histograms showing the size variation of the genotyped animals (metatarsals) for the MC1R, TLR4 and IGF1 genes.
Figure 7.
Line graph showing the size variation of unfused first phalanx at Eketorp, phases II and III.
The GloE24-30 mm represent calves aged between 6–8 month and GloE 38–43 mm represents calves between 1 ½–1 ¾ years of age. Data are found in Boessneck (et al. 1979:tab 21).
Figure 8.
Histogram showing the size distribution of the sub adult metatarsals in phase III.