Indian Journal of Veterinary Research (The)

The study reports anatomical details of tibia and fibula of Indian blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). The tibia was a long prismatic bone, the shaft was distinctly curved, and three sided above. The nutrient foramen was placed in the upper-third, close to the lateral border. The anterior border was very prominent in its upper-third and constituted the tibial crest. The proximal extremity was large and consisted of three tuberosities and two condyles. The rudimentary fibula was attached to the lateral condyle. The lateral malleolus was a four-sided piece of bone compressed from side to side. These studies concluded that the morphology of the tibia and fibula of Indian Blackbuck was almost similar to ruminants but differed from horse and dog.