Soya bean meal increases litter moisture and foot pad dermatitis in maize and wheat based diets for turkeys but maize and non-soya diets lower body weight.

Hocking, P M; Vinco, L J; Veldkamp, T

Hocking, P M; Vinco, L J; Veldkamp, T.

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Hocking PM; a The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies , University of Edinburgh , Midlothian , UK.
Vinco LJ; b National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare , Istituto Zooprofilattico della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna , Brescia , Italy.
Veldkamp T; c Department of Animal Nutrition , Wageningen Livestock Research , Wageningen , The Netherlands.

Br Poult Sci ; 59(2): 227-231, 2018 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29308938

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Digital Dermatitis/epidemiology; Foot Diseases/veterinary; Glycine max/chemistry; Poultry Diseases/epidemiology; Turkeys; Water-Electrolyte Balance; Animal Feed/analysis; Animals; Diet/veterinary; Digital Dermatitis/etiology; Feces/chemistry; Floors and Floorcoverings; Foot Diseases/epidemiology; Foot Diseases/etiology; Male; Poultry Diseases/etiology; Prevalence; Random Allocation; Triticum/chemistry; Zea mays/chemistry

Key words

Cereal; dermatitis; diet; electrolyte balance; feed; feed intake; litter moisture; protein

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Poultry Diseases / Glycine max / Turkeys / Water-Electrolyte Balance / Digital Dermatitis / Foot Diseases Type of study: Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Year: 2018 Type: Article

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