Wooden breast lesions in broiler chickens in the UK

Vet Rec. 2016 Feb 6;178(6):141. doi: 10.1136/vr.103561. Epub 2016 Jan 11.

Authors

S de Brot¹, S Perez², H L Shivaprasad³, K Baiker¹, L Polledo¹, M Clark⁴, L Grau-Roma¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine and Science (SVMS), University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
² Minster Veterinary Practice, Salisbury Road, York YO26 4YN, UK.
³ California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, Tulare Branch, University of California-Davis, CA 93274, USA.
⁴ Minster Veterinary Practice, College Road, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire LE12 5RA, UK.

PMID: 26755613
DOI: 10.1136/vr.103561

No abstract available

Keywords: Broiler chicken; Pectoralis major muscle; White striping; Wooden breast.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Chickens
Muscular Diseases / epidemiology
Muscular Diseases / pathology
Muscular Diseases / veterinary*
Pectoralis Muscles / pathology*
Poultry Diseases / epidemiology
Poultry Diseases / pathology*
United Kingdom / epidemiology