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Effects of body mass and genotype on avian degenerative joint disease pathology and articular cartilage proteoglycan distribution.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Anderson-MacKenzie J M, Hulmes D J, Thorp B H
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the role of body mass and genotype in the development of avian degenerative joint disease (DJD). METHODS: Layer strain and broiler strain fowl, fed either ad libitum or on a restricted diet, were kept under identical conditions for up to a year. At various time points cartilage samples were taken from the distal tibiotarsus (DTT), proximal tarsometatarsus,...
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