Anatomical And Radiological Studieles On The Stifle Goint Of Buffalo

Anatomical and radiolog~ccl studies were done on 126 alive buf’f’c Lo e s (113 n or ma I and 1.3 C.:fected with upward fixo.tion of the patella) ond 8 2n~tc~iccl preparations (stifle regions of 6 buffaloes and 2 o.owa ) , The estimation of age of the mentstudy done on 84 buffaloes having fixed age records. The results proved that :1) Estima.tion of ag e from the horn r-Ln;s was un-re lit:b Le”, r :2) The dentition from teeth ViC’.S found to be moreQccur::te, where a full mouth (complete set of incisors)occured roughly ~t 6 yenrs of 2ge.3) the bones forming the sc i.fLe jOint of the buf’f’a Lowere r ound to have some different cnc t omi.ca I features inc ompc.r-Laon with t hc t of the C01l’1 e.:s. -co.e non-ce r t i.cu Lar notchat the proxi’mal end of the me d Lu L ridge of the trochlea,the cr t Lcu La r surfaces of the femorel c on dy Le a an d the .nor-e