The effect of pressure on turkey breast skin.
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.
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Department of Food Animal and Equine Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.
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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