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Foot pad dermatitis and hock burn in broiler chickens and degree of inheritance.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 2006
Kjaer J B, Su G, Nielsen B L, Sørensen P
Abstract excerpt
A total of 2,118 birds from 2 strains were allocated to 12 groups of 93 to 100 each in 2 time-separated replicates. The development of foot pad dermatitis (FPD) and hock burn (HB) were recorded weekly from d 8 to slaughter on a set sample of live animals (7 per group). In addition, feet and hocks of all birds were investigated at slaughter at either 4, 6 (fast-growing strain), 8, or 10 (slow-growing strain) wk of...
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