. 2022 Nov 11;13:1019741. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1019741

TABLE 1.

Body condition scoring rubric for welfare assessment ^a .

Structure	Score level	Description
Eyes	0	Best: Eyes clear, clean, and bright.
	1	Moderate: Dirt and/or staining around the eye area. Any evidence of wet eye ring or inflamed eye lid.
	2	Worst: Eyes sealed shut with or without conjunctivitis.
Nostrils	0	Best: Nostrils with clean and clear air passageways.
	1	Dirty: Nostril air passageways block with dust or mucus.
Feather Cleanliness	0	Best: Clean and unstained breast, back feathers or down depending on age.
	1	Dirty: Adhering manure or staining on down or feathers.
Feather Quality	0	Best: good feather coverage for age—down in younger and feathers for developing and older birds
	1	Moderate: Some evidence of feather picking, down and/or feather damage less than 2 cm².
	2	Worst: Feathers/down damaged, short, and stubbly. Large patchy feathers/down over back greater than 2 cm² and/or evidence of severe feather picking (presence of blood on back, tail, neck, or wings).
Foot pad	0	Best: Heel and toe pads free of any lesions or ingrained dirt.
	1	Moderate: Dirt pervades the heel or toe pads and skin papillae raised typically dark brown on heel or toe pads. Lesions covering less than 50% of heel or toe pad. Free of any bloody lesions.
	2	Worst: lesions or callouses cover 50% or more of heel or toe pad, any bleeding lesions.

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