Lameness and its relationship with health and production measures in broiler chickens
Lameness and its relationship with health and production measures in broiler chickens
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DOI:
10.1017/s1751731119000466
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发表时间:
2019-10-01
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影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Moe, R. O.
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作者:
Granquist, E. G.;Vasdal, G.;Moe, R. O.
The aim of this study was to explore lameness and the associations between lameness and health/production measures of animal welfare in commercial broiler production, using the Welfare Quality (R) protocol for broilers. A total of 50 flocks were included in the sample and farm visits were conducted for lameness scoring at a mean age of 28.9 days. The percentage of animals (n=7500) in the six different gait score (GS) categories were GS0: 2.53%, GS1: 44.19%, GS2: 33.84%, GS3: 16.32%, GS4: 2.36% and GS5: 0.53%. Production and other welfare data were collected for each flock after slaughter. Higher gait scores were associated with increased hock burn score (P