Motor Incoordination, Intracranial Fat Bodies, and Breeding Strategy in Crested Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos f.d.)
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Motor incoordination, intracranial fat bodies, and breeding strategy in Crested ducks (Anas platyrhynchos f.d.).
Some Crested ducks (CR) are burdened with an intracranial fat body that, depending on the size and location, may lead to varying degrees of motor incoordination. A behavioral test is proposed that helps to identify those CR individuals bearing the problematical fat body. The test consists of putting the ducks on their backs and measuring the time required to right themselves. This was repeated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Poultry Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0032-5791
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.9.1850