Volumetric bone density, morphological and mechanical properties of femur and tibia in farm turkeys with leg deformities

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-172

  Tatara, Marcin R ^a   Majcher, Piotr ^b   Krupski, Witold ^b   Studziński, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Femur; Leg deformities; Tibia; Turkey

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL MODEL; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEEDING; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; LEG MALFORMATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REARING; SAMPLE; SKELETON; STANDARD; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; TURKEY (BIRD); VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 4243178011     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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