title: Beak trimming of turkeys. 1. Effects of three methods of beak trimming on body weight and mortality of six genetic lines.
abstract: An experiment was designed to compare BW and mortality of turkeys when three methods of beak trimming were utilized. Turkeys from six genetic lines were assigned to three beak trimming methods: arc beak trimming at hatching, hot-blade block trimming at 13 d, or hot-blade top-beak-only trimming at 13 d. Beak trimming method influenced 8-wk BW of three lines of females, but did not affect female BW at 16 wk. Beak trimming method influenced 8-wk BW of males from one line and 16-wk BW of a different line. There were no effects of method of beak trimming on 20-wk BW of either males or females from any line. Neither lines nor beak treatments differed in mortality.
authors: Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster 44691, USA.
authors: D O
authors: DO
authors: Noble
authors: K K
authors: KK
authors: Krueger
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Nestor
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D001502:Beak; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D014422:Turkeys / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology