A comparison of bone length and bone weight with embryo weight in chondrodystrophic and normal Beltsville small white turkey embryos.
Chondrodystrophic and normal 24-day old embryos obtained from matings of known heterozygotes (Ch/ch) of the Beltsville Small White turkey stock were compared for bone lengths and for bone weights as a percent of embryo weights. Bone and embryo weights were less in the chondrodystrophic embryos, and the bone weights were reduced proportionally more than embryo weights. The lengths of the humeri and tibiotarsi were shorter in chondrodystrophic embryos, and the tibiotarsi were shortened more than the humeri.
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000196:embryology*; D005269:Femur / Q000196:embryology; D009929:Organ Size; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D013977:Tibia / Q000196:embryology; D014422:Turkeys / Q000196:embryology*