Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches
An experiment was carried out to establish mean bone quality values of the tibiae and femora of ostriches and to evaluate these bones. The right leg bones of 10 males and 10 female African Black ostriches were evaluated. Birds were radiographed immediately after slaughter (during bleeding), with the...
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author | ICL Almeida Paz AA Mendes A Balog ICL Almeida MRFB Martins LC Vulcano CM Komiyama |
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description | An experiment was carried out to establish mean bone quality values of the tibiae and femora of ostriches and to evaluate these bones. The right leg bones of 10 males and 10 female African Black ostriches were evaluated. Birds were radiographed immediately after slaughter (during bleeding), with the aid of a portable X-ray apparatus. The obtained radiographs were scanned and bone mineral density means were obtained using software. Bone strength, Seedor index, and dry matter percentage were evaluated and correlated to weight gain during the finishing period (3-13 months of age). Mean values of the evaluated bone quality traits, not previously found in literature, were established. There were no significant differences between males and females in performance or bone quality parameters. It was concluded that male and female ostriches present similar performance and bone quality at slaughter age. |
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spelling | doaj.art-87864b8b20834e6b9626cc7d43e063452022-12-21T20:18:20ZengFundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia AvícolasBrazilian Journal of Poultry Science1516-635X1806-90612008-09-0110316316710.1590/S1516-635X2008000300005Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostrichesICL Almeida PazAA MendesA BalogICL AlmeidaMRFB MartinsLC VulcanoCM KomiyamaAn experiment was carried out to establish mean bone quality values of the tibiae and femora of ostriches and to evaluate these bones. The right leg bones of 10 males and 10 female African Black ostriches were evaluated. Birds were radiographed immediately after slaughter (during bleeding), with the aid of a portable X-ray apparatus. The obtained radiographs were scanned and bone mineral density means were obtained using software. Bone strength, Seedor index, and dry matter percentage were evaluated and correlated to weight gain during the finishing period (3-13 months of age). Mean values of the evaluated bone quality traits, not previously found in literature, were established. There were no significant differences between males and females in performance or bone quality parameters. It was concluded that male and female ostriches present similar performance and bone quality at slaughter age.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2008000300005Bonesbone mineral densitybone qualitybone strengthostriches |
spellingShingle | ICL Almeida Paz AA Mendes A Balog ICL Almeida MRFB Martins LC Vulcano CM Komiyama Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science Bones bone mineral density bone quality bone strength ostriches |
title | Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches |
title_full | Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches |
title_fullStr | Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches |
title_short | Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches |
title_sort | quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches |
topic | Bones bone mineral density bone quality bone strength ostriches |
url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2008000300005 |
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