title: The effect of pressure on turkey breast skin.
abstract: In an attempt to experimentally reproduce focal ulcerative dermatitis (FUD) in turkeys, pressures of 94, 136, and 240 mmHg were applied for 2, 4, or 6 hr daily for 4 consecutive days to unfeathered breast skin of six 9-week-old toms. No gross lesions occurred either immediately after treatment or during a 10-day post-treatment period, and no microscopic changes were present in the skin at the conclusion of the trial. These findings suggest that avian skin is resistant to pressure-induced decubital ulceration and that pressure is unlikely to be either the cause of or a significant contributor to FUD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Animal and Equine Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonder
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000662:veterinary; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D011897:Random Allocation; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013909:Thorax; D014422:Turkeys