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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 16,1978
Bowed leg turkeys
traced to mutant gene
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The problem of bowed legs in
turkeys, serious in the
poultry industry, is caused
by a mutation or alteration
in the genes, a scientist from
Penn State declared
recently. Dr. Edward G.
Buss, poultry geneticist at
Penn State, was addressing
the 67th annual meeting of
the Poultry Science
Association at Clemson
University, Clemson, S.C.
Dr. Buss said the mutation
creating bowlegs in turkeys
is a single gene trait. He has
observed and studied the
problem for 29 years. His
findings apply to male and
female turkeys alive at 24
weeks of age.
He claimed this hereditary
condition, termed bowed
hock of turkeys, can be
reduced by applying
traditional genetic breeding
tests used by geneticists
working for commercial
turkey-producing firms.
“There may be other
factors leading to lameness
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of legs in turkeys, but genes
are a major factor for this
bowed-hock situation,” Dr.
Buss affirmed.
The genetic factor even
produced the bowed-hock
condition among turkeys of
the smaller varieties, he
pointed out. This is
significant, he added, since
bowed-hocks' have been
commonly associated with
excessive weights in today’s
larger breeds of turkeys.'
Although mostly a
problem with male turkeys,
bowed-hocks appear oc
casionally in females. Dr.
Buss claimed the tendon is
abnormal rather than the
hock joint. And he indicated
that tendons of bowed-hock
turkeys have a rough sur
face compared to tendons of
normal turkeys.
Dr. Buss and associates at
Penn State are now making
chemical assays of turkey
tendons to find chemical
differences, if anv. between
bowed-hock turkey tendons
and those of normal turkeys.
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