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. 2024 May 22;14(11):1526. doi: 10.3390/ani14111526

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Proximal femoral and tibial head lesions of apparently healthy chickens on day 56. The severity categories for tibial and femoral lesions and their incidence rates, according to Wideman, 2016 [2]: normal femoral and tibial head (N); femoral head separation (FHS); femoral head transitional lesions (FHT); femoral head necrosis (FHN); tibial head necrosis (THN); tibial head necrosis severe (THNS); tibial head necrosis caseous (THNC); tibial dyschondroplasia (TD). Diet A: basal diet for 56 days, Diet B: 15% Availa® ZMC for 56 days, Diet C: Diet A on the first four weeks (1–28 d) switched to Diet B on the last four weeks (29–56 d), Diet D: Diet B on the first four weeks (1–28 d) switched to Diet A on the last four weeks (29–56 d).