Data quality and poultry applications

Ö. Cangar; S. Cardinaels; N. Everaert; B. De Ketelaere; C. Bahr; J. Zoons; E. Decuypere; D. Berckmans

Data quality and poultry applications

In: Precision livestock farming '09

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Ö. Cangar

Ö. Cangar ¹Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Measure, Model & Manage Bioresponses: M3-BIORES, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; daniel.berckmans@biw.kuleuven.be

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S. Cardinaels

S. Cardinaels ¹Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Measure, Model & Manage Bioresponses: M3-BIORES, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; daniel.berckmans@biw.kuleuven.be

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N. Everaert

N. Everaert ²Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Laboratory for Physiology, Immunology and Genetics of Domestic Animals, Kasteelpark Arenberg

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B. De Ketelaere

B. De Ketelaere ³Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Division of Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS), Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.

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C. Bahr

C. Bahr ¹Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Measure, Model & Manage Bioresponses: M3-BIORES, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; daniel.berckmans@biw.kuleuven.be

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J. Zoons

J. Zoons ⁴Provincial Centre for Applied Poultry Research, Province Antwerp, Poiel 77, 2440 Geel, Belgium

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E. Decuypere

E. Decuypere ²Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Laboratory for Physiology, Immunology and Genetics of Domestic Animals, Kasteelpark Arenberg

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D. Berckmans

D. Berckmans ¹Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Biosystems Department, Measure, Model & Manage Bioresponses: M3-BIORES, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; daniel.berckmans@biw.kuleuven.be

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086866632_007

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The reasons for the gait problems in broiler chickens are multiple although weight and growth rate are said to be the main reasons for locomotion problems (Vestergaard and Sanotra, 1999). Other factors that play role are infectious diseases, genetics, sex, age, feed conversion, feeding, management and movement. In this study, gait score as a measure for lameness, is thoroughly investigated in relation to the following physiological variables: weight, sex, hock burns, chest dirtiness, foot pad dermatitis and femoral head necrosis. A total of 152 birds were selected from a house of 1,500 birds in 3 consecutive growth periods. The chickens were scored for their locomotion by experts, weighed and their sex was determined. They were then slaughtered and visually scored for hock burns, chest dirtiness and foot pad dermatitis. The birds were dissected to diagnose femoral head necrosis. Between the 6 mentioned variables, the relation of body weight and gait score was significant (P<0.001) and non-linear. Males were significantly heavier than the females (P<0.001). Females and males had similar average gait scores (2.63, 2.75 out of 5). Between the three visual quality variables (hock burns, foot pad lesions and chest dirtiness) only chest dirtiness showed a significant relation with gait score (P=0.02). Post slaughter diagnosis for femoral head necrosis revealed significant relation with the lameness of the birds (P<0.001).

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