Factors Producing and Preventing Perosis in Chickens
V. G. Heller,Robert Penquite +1 more
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A defective leg and bone formation occurring in battery fed chickens is referred to and certain fractions of the calcium or phosphorus in the blood differed sufficiently from the normal to explain the cause of the disorder.About:
This article is published in Poultry Science.The article was published on 1937-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 18 citations till now.read more
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The Amount of Manganese Required to Prevent Perosis in the Chick
Willis D. Gallup,L. C. Norris +1 more
TL;DR: The most characteristic symptoms of the disease are enlargement of the tibio-metatarsal joint, bending of the distal end ofThe tibia and the proximal end of the metatarsus, and displacement of the Achilles tendon.
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Factors Affecting Manganese Utilization in the Chicken
H. S. Wilgus,A. R. Patton +1 more
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The effect of gamma irradiation on the viscosity of two barley cultivars for broiler chicks
TL;DR: In this article, the seeds of two barley cultivars (Local Black and Shoaa) were gamma irradiated at 0, 10, 50, 100, 150 and 200 kGy doses using Cobalt-60 source to decrease the viscosity.
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Excess Manganese Ingestion in the Chick
L. Lee Southern,David H. Baker +1 more
TL;DR: Bone and bile Mn concentrations reflected Mn intake better than liver Mn concentration or rate and efficiency of weight gain and neutralization of the chloride ion in MnCl2 .
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The rôle of certain inorganic elements in the cause and prevention of perosis
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Constituents of Wheat Gray Shorts Which Prevent Slipped Tendons
R. M. Sherwood,G. S. Fraps +1 more
TL;DR: It is found that certain feeds protected chicks reasonably well against slipped tendons or perosis especially when the mineral levels were satisfactory, and organic phosphorus prevented this condition while inorganic phosphorus caused the trouble.
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