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Br Poult Sci ; 51(5): 586-91, 2010 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21058060

ABSTRACT

1. This study was conducted to verify the impact of different kinds of material and the number of times of litter reuse on the incidence of chicken pathologies. Approximately 4·5 million broilers from conventional Brazilian farms were evaluated in the abattoir for cellulitis, arthritis and contact foot-pad dermatitis. 2. Four different kinds of litter material, Brachiaria grass, corncob, sawdust and rice shell, were used. Brachiaria grass litter showed the highest incidence of contact foot-pad dermatitis. Corncob litter also showed some negative effects on foot quality. Broilers raised on rice shell litter showed good results in terms of the incidence of contact foot-pad dermatitis. The best results were obtained with sawdust litter, because the incidence of cellulitis and arthritis were the lowest and the incidence of contact foot-pad dermatitis was also very low.


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Chickens/physiology , Housing, Animal , Poultry Diseases/epidemiology , Animal Welfare , Animals , Arthritis/epidemiology , Arthritis/etiology , Arthritis/veterinary , Brazil , Cellulitis/epidemiology , Cellulitis/etiology , Cellulitis/veterinary , Dermatitis, Contact/epidemiology , Dermatitis, Contact/etiology , Dermatitis, Contact/veterinary , Incidence , Poultry Diseases/etiology
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