Morphometric and mechanical properties of femora in young adult male turkeys with and without femoral fractures

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 602-608

  Crespo, R ^a   Stover, S M ^b   Taylor, K T ^b   Chin, R P ^a   Shivaprasad, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Femoral fracture; Femur; Morphometry; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS;

EID: 0034171321     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.4.602     Document Type: Article

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