| Literature DB >> 2034900 |
I J Duncan1, E R Beatty, P M Hocking, S R Duff.
Abstract
The extent to which degenerative hip disorders in adult male turkeys result in pain was investigated in a two-period crossover experiment. The birds in six pens received daily injections of an anti-inflammatory steroid (betamethasone) during week 1 and control injections of physiological saline in week 3. The turkeys in the other six pens received saline in week 1 and steroid in week 3. Behavioural observations of the birds during weeks 1 and 3 revealed that the steroid treatment resulted in more spontaneous activity. The steroid-treated birds also showed speedier movement in a sexual activity test in weeks 1 and 3. Post mortem examination revealed that all the turkeys were suffering from degenerative hip disorders. It is concluded that degenerative hip disorders in adult male turkeys result in a state of chronic pain which inhibits spontaneous activity and sexual activity.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 2034900 DOI： 10.1016/0034-5288(91)90106-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Vet Sci ISSN： 0034-5288 Impact factor: 2.534