Paper: Assessing leg health in chickens using a force plate and gait scoring: How many birds is enough?

Veterinary Record

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 77-

  Sandilands, V ^a   Brocklehurst, S ^b   Sparks, N ^a   Baker, L ^a   McGovern, R ^a   Thorp, B ^c   Pearson, D ^d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Vion Agricultural   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GAIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIMB; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GAIT; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79952258227     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c5978     Document Type: Article

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