Nutrient requirements of poultry

Perspectives in Nutrition is an introductory nutrition text appropriate for the majors and mixed majors nutrition courses. This student-focused text presents the major concepts in nutrition including the body's use of food nutrients and diet planning throughout the life cycle. The text places special emphasis on the application of nutrition principles in everyday life by exploring the health consequences of nutrition practices.

Perspectives in nutrition

Footpad dermatitis in poultry

A Review of the Aetiology and Pathology of Leg Weakness in Broilers in Relation to Welfare

Summary A new skin condition of broilers which results in the downgrading of up to 15–30% of broiler carcases/week is described. Unsightly brown‐black coloured erosions and ulcers occur on the breast, hock and foot skin. Histopathological examination of these revealed acute inflammation with necrosis of the epidermis and in more severe cases, the upper dermis. A study of the condition has shown a strong association between the appearance of lesions and poor litter conditions and that birds as young as 9 days may be affected. It is suggested that the condition is a contact dermatitis. A study of the development of lesions in one flock is also described.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03079458508436205

Ralph Martinson

Papers

A foot pad dermatitis in turkey poults associated with soybean meal.

Requirement of turkey poults for biotin and effect of deficiency of incidence of leg weakness in developing turkeys.

Effect of Diet Composition on the Toxicity of Zinc for the Chick

Comparative Free Choice Selection of Various Fish Meal Diets by the Chick