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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Gait score"”.
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The effects of dietary probiotic inclusion on skeletal health of poultry and its possible mechanisms
… of lameness as characterized by an improved gait score and longer latency to lie. The effects of a single-species based probiotic fed to broilers beginning at 1 d of age on bone health were investigated. Bone mineral densities of the tibia and femur were increased at 43 d of age. …
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Evaluating the use and effectiveness of environmental enrichments in intensive broiler housing
… activity levels, there was an improvement in gait score in broilers housed with both oat hulls and a combination of oat hulls and straw bales. Oat hulls were more successful than straw bales at directly stimulating active foraging and dustbathing behaviours, however the bales appeared to …
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The effects of LED light flicker on turkey hen production, health, and welfare to 11 weeks of age
… 10 wk, 20 birds/room were examined for mobility (gait score), footpad lesions, feather condition, and feather cleanliness. At 11 wk 4 birds/room were euthanized and the right eyeball was excised and measured for weight, medio-lateral diameter, dorso-ventral diameter (DV), and anterior-posterior …
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Lameness Associated with a Possible Neural Problem in the Lower Spinal Cord of Chickens, Gallus Gallus
… groups of birds 1) birds displaying a normal gait (Controls), 2) lame birds with normal leg bones (Neural Associated Lameness), and 3) lame birds with femoral head separation/necrosis (Bone Associated Lameness) were selected based upon behavioral observations of gait. Motor neurons in the …