Relationship between Long Bone Distortion and Tibial Dyschondroplasia in Male Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1300-1302

  Hester, Patricia Y ^a   Ferket, Peter R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long bone distortion; Tibial dyschondroplasia; Turkey; Valgus varus deformity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BONE; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MALE; TIBIA; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; POULTRY DISEASES; TIBIA; TURKEYS;

EID: 0032161854     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.9.1300     Document Type: Article

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