Hannah Maine Locklin Sather

College of Veterinary Medicine

2019 article

Wooden Breast in Commercial Broilers Associated with Mortality, Dorsal Recumbency, and Pulmonary Disease

Gall, S., Suyemoto, M. M., Sather, H. M. L., Sharpton, A. R., Barnes, H. J., & Borst, L. B. (2019, April 29). Avian Diseases, Vol. 63, pp. 514–519.

By: S. Gall n, M. Suyemoto n, H. Sather n, A. Sharpton, H. Barnes n & L. Borst n

author keywords: broiler chicken; lungs; mortality; muscular dystrophy; myopathy; Pectoralis major muscle; pulmonary disease; wooden breast
MeSH headings : Animals; Chickens; Female; Lung Diseases / epidemiology; Lung Diseases / etiology; Male; Meat / analysis; Muscular Diseases / mortality; Muscular Diseases / pathology; Muscular Diseases / veterinary; Pectoralis Muscles / pathology; Poultry Diseases / mortality; Poultry Diseases / pathology; Prevalence
topics (OpenAlex): Animal Nutrition and Physiology; Bird parasitology and diseases; Insect and Pesticide Research
TL;DR: Findings indicate that wooden breast is likely greater than just a problem with meat quality and should be considered an animal well-being issue. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: April 20, 2020

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