Diagnosing Broiler Leg Problems

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Edwards, H. M., Jr. (1992). Chapter 10, pp. 167-193. Nutritional factors and leg disorders. In: Bone Biology and Skeletal Disorders in Poultry. Editor C. C. Whitehead. 23rd Poultry Science Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland 18-20 September, 1991. Carfax Publishing Co., P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3UE, England.

Leach, R. M., Jr. and M. C. Nesheim (1965). Nutritional, genetic and morphological studies of an abnormal cartilage formation of young chicks. Journal of Nutrition 86:236-244.

Leach, R. M., Jr. and M. C. Nesheim (1972). Further studies on tibial dyschondroplasia (cartilage abnormality) in young chicks. Journal of Nutrition 102:1673-1680.

Lee, S.R., W.M. Britton, P. Long, and G.N. Rowland. A comparative study of diet-induced rickets in broiler chicks. Poultry Sci. 60:1683. 1981.

Lee, S.R., W.M. Britton, P.H. Long, and G.N. Rowland. A comparison of Low dietary phosphorus versus magnesium intoxication rickets in broiler chicks. Poultry Sci. 61(7):1499. 1982.

Long, P.H., S.R. Lee, G.N. Rowland, and W.M. Britton. Experimental rickets in broilers: Gross, microscopic and radiographic lesions. I. Phosphorus deficiency and calcium excess. Avian Dis. 28(2):460-474. 1984.

Long, P.H., S.R. Lee, G.N. Rowland, and W.M. Britton. Experimental rickets in broilers: Gross, microscopic and radiographic lesions. II. Calcium deficiency. Avian Dis. 28(4):921-932. 1984.

Long, P.H., S.R. Lee, G.N. Rowland, and W.M. Britton. Experimental rickets in broilers: Gross, microscopic and radiographic lesions. III. Vitamin D deficiency. Avian Dis. 28(4):933-943. 1984.

Riddell, C. Noninfectious skeletal disorders of poultry: An Overview. In: Bone biology and skeletal disorders in poultry. Ed. C. C. Whitehead. Carfax Publishing Co. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Pp. 119-146. 1992.

Thorp, B. H. Abornalities in the growth of leg bones. In: Bone biology and skeletal disorders in poultry. Ed. C. C. Whitehead. Carfax Publishing Co. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Pp. 147-166. 1992.

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