Enlarged sternal bursa and focal ulcerative dermatitis in male turkeys

The constant economic pressure on poultry producers to lower their costs and increase the quality of their products has been a big challenge in today's competitive world. Moreover, the confirment of turkeys has been linked with several kinds of breast skin lesions, mainly enlarged sternal bursa...

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Published inWorld's Poultry Science Journal Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 5 - 12
Main Author Kamyab, Abdolreza
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press on behalf of World's Poultry Science Association 01.03.2001
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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blister
button
enlarged sternal bursa
focal ulcerative dermatitis
Reviews
skin lesion
stags
turkeys
button
focal ulcerative dermatitis
blister
stags
turkeys
skin lesion
enlarged sternal bursa
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Summary:The constant economic pressure on poultry producers to lower their costs and increase the quality of their products has been a big challenge in today's competitive world. Moreover, the confirment of turkeys has been linked with several kinds of breast skin lesions, mainly enlarged sternal bursa (ESB), or breast blister, and focal ulcerative dermatitis (FUD), or breast button. Both of these conditions (particularly ESB) are believed to cost the turkey industry large amounts of money each year because of the need to trim the breast and the consequent downgrading of the carcass. In addition, they cost the processing plant time by slowing down the production line beacuse of the need to employ more personnel to carry out the work of breast trimming. This paper reviews investigations into the possible causes of the lesions and concludes that many factors (strain, early body weight, photoperiod, stress, litter and floor type) influence their development.
ISSN:0043-9339
1743-4777
DOI:10.1079/WPS20010002