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| Alves,MCF; Almeida Paz,ICL; Nääs,IA; Garcia,RG; Caldara,FR; Baldo,GAA; Nascimento,GR; Amadori,MS; Felix,GA; Garcia,EA; Molino,AR. |
| ABSTRACT The experiment was carried out with the objective of evaluating a methodology to estimate the angulation and equilibrium condition, relating them to gait score and the main diseases of the locomotion system in males and females of commercial broiler strains. A completely randomized experimental design in a factorial arrangement (2x2) was applied, consisting of two sexes and two genetic strains, with five replicates of 53 chickens each. The following characteristics related to broiler locomotion were studied: gait score (GS); incidence of Valgus (VAL) and Varus (VAR) deformities and of pododermatitis (POD); body angle relative the ground (ANG); equilibrium condition (EC); body weight (BW) and breast weight (BrW); and incidence of femoral... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Angulation; Bone pathologies; Broiler production; Locomotion problems; Posture; Welfare. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2016000300419 |
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