The effect of morphology on walking ability in the modern broiler: A gait analysis study

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-171

  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

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAIT; GRAVITY; GROWTH RATE; LEG LENGTH; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POULTRY; STANDING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0038748469     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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