PATHOLOGY OF GOUT IN BROILER CHICKS
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2005-09
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR 585 401.
Abstract
The poultry farming activity in India has achieved phenomenal
growth in the last few decades. This is well substantiated by the fact
that egg and poultry meat production has raised from 5300 millions
and 1,21,000 tonnes in 1970 to 34,034 millions and 42,00,000
tonnes respectively in 2002.
Inspite of rapid expansion in poultry industry there has been
a big gap between the production and demand for poultry products.
This has encouraged many farmers to take up poultry farming
activity in a big way.
Continuous genetic selection for feed efficiency and weight
gain in broilers has resulted in gross imbalance of certain
organ/system to body mass. Cardiovascular, urinary and digestive
systems are overburdened with drastic reduction in reserve
function. Function failure of these organ/systems has resulted in
emergence of several diseases and disorders, one such disorder
currently attracting the attention of researchers and farmers is gout
in broilers.
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VETERINARY PATHOLOGY