Improve the accuracy of chicken leg disease assessment by combination of gait score and X-ray scan

SUMMARY: With the overselection of broiler body weight (BW) and breast muscle weight (BMW), the incidence of leg disease has been gradually increasing, which has seriously affected the welfare and industrial economic development of broilers. In this study, we used gait score and X-ray to evaluate th...

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Main Authors: J. Zheng, D. Liu, G. Zhang, J. Ding, Z. He, Q. Li, R. Liu, J. Wen, G. Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied Poultry Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056617123000119