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Table 1.

Individual masses, sample sizes and number of footfalls per bone surface for each goat

		Metacarpus											Radius
		Outdoor					Treadmill					Outdoor					Treadmill
Goat	Mass (kg)	Cr	Ca	Md	Cr	Ca	Md	Cr	Ca	Md	Cr	Ca	Md
1	8.18		62	193		29	4		180		19	29
2	11.20							240	250	263	30	30	30
3	11.60	133	231	237			40			222			40
4	9.24	245	214		30	30	30
5	7.40	118	176	229	35	35	35	200	203	236	35	35	35
6	4.94							142	237	244	50	50	50
7	4.90							233	231	245	30	30	30
Total footfalls		486	683	659	65	94	109	815	1101	1210	164	174	185
N		3	4	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

		Metacarpus											Radius
		Outdoor					Treadmill					Outdoor					Treadmill
Goat	Mass (kg)	Cr	Ca	Md	Cr	Ca	Md	Cr	Ca	Md	Cr	Ca	Md
1	8.18		62	193		29	4		180		19	29
2	11.20							240	250	263	30	30	30
3	11.60	133	231	237			40			222			40
4	9.24	245	214		30	30	30
5	7.40	118	176	229	35	35	35	200	203	236	35	35	35
6	4.94							142	237	244	50	50	50
7	4.90							233	231	245	30	30	30
Total footfalls		486	683	659	65	94	109	815	1101	1210	164	174	185
N		3	4	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

Bone surfaces: Cr, cranial; Ca, caudal; Md, medial

Missing data are a result of: (1) earlier phases of the study which included only radius strain data, or (2) unreliable strain gauge data

Mean mass: 8.21±1.02 kg