De Rycke, Lieve

Simoens, Paul

Verschooten, Francis

The skeletons of 44 European hares were macroscopically and radiographically investigated in order to find reliable criteria for age determination. Closure of the growth plates was determined and the lengths of the long bones were measured.

Postnatal ossification of the limbs and the pelvis enables age determination of hares younger than 1 year, with an accuracy of 1 month. Some growth plates of the skull and the pelvis are only closed in the second year. Bone length measurements are only suitable for age determination of hares less than 3 months old. As a possible criterion for age determination, the eruption and shedding of teeth were examined. This parameter provides only useful information for age determination of hares younger than 25 days old

Leeftijdsbepaling van hazen (Lepus europaeus) door middel van het skelet en het gebit.

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