
Femoral head necrosis in Broilers
Femoral head necrosis is a very frequent lesion found in current poultry farms, both in laying hens and in broiler chickens, which can appear as a total fracture of the bone’shead or as partial fractures in it. This pathology usually begins as a bacterial osteomyelitis, but different nutritional alterations can be triggers or aggravating factors. […]