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|350 - 450
 
|350 - 450
 
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!align="left"|Birth Weight
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Birth Weight
|Grams
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams
|50 - 70
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|50 - 70
 
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!colspan="3" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"|Chicken
 
!colspan="3" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"|Chicken
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Adult Weight
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!align="left"|Adult Weight
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Kilograms
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|Kilograms
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|1.5 - 3
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|1.5 - 3
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Blood Volume
 
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Blood Volume
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|60 - 90
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|60 - 90
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Food Consumption
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!align="left"|Food Consumption
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams per day
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|Grams per day
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|85 - 115
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|85 - 115
 
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!align="left"|Gestation Length
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Gestation Length
|Days
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
|21 Days (Egg incubation)
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|21 Days (Egg incubation)
 
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!align="left"|Heart Rate^
 
!align="left"|Heart Rate^
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|250 - 300
 
|250 - 300
 
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!align="left"|Rectal Temperature
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Rectal Temperature
|Centigrade
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Centigrade
|39 - 40
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|39 - 40
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Respiratory Rate
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!align="left"|Respiratory Rate
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
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|Breaths per min
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|15 - 30
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|15 - 30
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Water Consumption
 
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Water Consumption

Revision as of 16:41, 1 February 2009

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Physiology Units Approximate Value
Chick
Heart Rate^ Beats per min 350 - 450
Birth Weight Grams 50 - 70
Chicken
Adult Weight Kilograms 1.5 - 3
Blood Volume Milli-litres per Kg 60 - 90
Food Consumption Grams per day 85 - 115
Gestation Length Days 21 Days (Egg incubation)
Heart Rate^ Beats per min 250 - 300
Rectal Temperature Centigrade 39 - 40
Respiratory Rate Breaths per min 15 - 30
Water Consumption Ad libitum
^Kahn, Cynthia M., Line, Scott., Aiello, Susan E. (2005) The Merck Veterinary Manual. Ninth Edition ed. New Jersey, United States of America: Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited. pp.Physiology Reference Guides.
Unknown, . (2001) Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data. Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America: Yale University. pp.Normative Data.