Leg Disorders in Broiler Chickens: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Prevention

Broiler (meat) chickens have been subjected to intense genetic selection. In the past 50 years, broiler growth rates have increased by over 300% (from 25 g per day to 100 g per day). There is growing societal concern that many broiler chickens have impaired locomotion or are even unable to walk. Her...

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Autores principales: Knowles, Toby G., Kestin, Steve C., Haslam, Susan M., Brown, Steven N., Green, Laura E., Butterworth, Andrew, Pope, Stuart J., Pfeiffer, Dirk, Nicol, Christine J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18253493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001545

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