Duff S R
J Comp Pathol. 1986 Sep;96(5):485-95. doi: 10.1016/0021-9975(86)90069-1.
A group of 88, predominantly male, broiler breeding fowls was examined and, in 38, knee ligament failure was identified. All birds were aged between 15 and 60 weeks when examined. Although derangement of the caudal cruciate ligament was the most frequent finding (25 birds), partial or total rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament was also identified (10 birds). Medial (10 birds) and lateral (5 birds) collateral ligament failure was also noted. Knee ligament failure may, in part, be age related. The most frequent concomitant finding in individual birds was tendon or ligament failure elsewhere in the same skeleton. It can therefore be assumed that male broiler breeding fowls are predisposed to ligament and tendon failure and a high proportion will have lesions at more than one skeletal site.
对一组88只主要为雄性的肉种鸡进行了检查，其中38只被确定存在膝关节韧带损伤。检查时所有鸡的年龄在15至60周之间。虽然尾交叉韧带紊乱是最常见的发现（25只鸡），但也发现了颅交叉韧带部分或完全断裂（10只鸡）。还注意到内侧（10只鸡）和外侧（5只鸡）副韧带损伤。膝关节韧带损伤可能部分与年龄有关。在个体鸡中最常见的伴随发现是同一骨骼其他部位的肌腱或韧带损伤。因此可以推测，雄性肉种鸡易患韧带和肌腱损伤，且很大一部分会在多个骨骼部位出现病变。
