The effect of morphology on the musculoskeletal system of the modern broiler

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-157

  Corr, S A ^a   Gentle, M J ^b   McCorquodale, C C ^b   Bennett, D ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Gait; Lameness; Morphology; Musculoskeletal; Poultry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAIT; GRAVITY; LEG LENGTH; LEG MUSCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; POULTRY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIGH;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0038071962     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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