Effects of dietary supplementation of nickel and nickel-zinc on femoral bone structure in rabbits

Table 3 Data on vascular canals of primary osteons

Group	No of sections	Area (μm²)	Perimeter (μm)	Max. diameter (μm)	Min. diameter (μm)
1	196	190.93 ± 100.82	40.91 ± 9.83	18.59 ± 5.67	6.38 ± 1.86
2	222	253.74 ± 80.32	46.98 ± 7.27	21.27 ± 4.66	7.63 ± 1.84
3	204	235.24 ± 83.81	45.74 ± 8.09	20.98 ± 4.95	7.09 ± 1.67
Tukey's test*		1 vs .2 & 3 ++	1 vs .2 & 3 ++	1 vs .2 & 3 ++	1 vs .2 & 3 ++
					2 vs .3 ++

P < 0.01 (++)
* Numbers (1-3) refer to group numbers
Data on vascular canals of primary osteons in 3 groups of rabbits (n = 5 per group) receiving either 35 g NiCl₂ per 100 kg of mixture (group 1), 35 g NiCl₂ and 30 g ZnCl₂ per 100 kg of mixture (group 2) or no additional Ni or Zn (group 3) for 90 days.

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