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  • Title: Effect of tibial dyschondroplasia on broiler growth and cancellous bone mechanical properties.
    Author: Capps SG.
    Journal: Avian Dis; 1998; 42(1):162-7. PubMed ID: 9533094.
    Abstract:
    The increased incidence of leg abnormalities, particularly tibial dyschondroplasia, in chickens could be related to changes in tibiotarsal cancellous bone properties. To explore this hypothesis, the relationship between lesion occurrence and various tibiotarsal growth parameters, and subchondral bone strength characteristics was investigated. A higher elastic modulus, meaning the cancellous bone was more rigid, was seen for tibiotarsal cancellous bone with lesions. Microfractures in cancellous bone, particularly in the medial growth plate region, may lead to overall bone conformation changes and therefore to lameness.
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