Evaluation of ground reaction forces produced by chickens walking on a force plate

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-82

  Corr, Sandra A ^a   McCorquodale, Caroline C ^c   McGovern, Rod E ^d   Gentle, Mike J ^c   Bennett, David ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FORCE; FORCE PLATE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; WALKING SPEED;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GAIT; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037247951     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.76     Document Type: Article

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