Study on the bone mineral density of broiler suffering femoral joint degenerative lesions

An experiment was carried out with male and females broilers of two different commercial breeds to evaluate bone mineral density of the right femur head. A number of 600 one-day-old broilers were raised in an experimental poultry house up to 42 days of age at the School of Veterinary Medicine and An...

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Main Authors: Almeida Paz ICL, AA Mendes, A Balog, LC Vulcano, AW Ballarin, ICL Almeida, SE Takahashi, CM Komiyama, MC Silva, KFG Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2008000200005