26 Dec 2022

Possible causes of keel bone fractures (KBF) on laying hens

Keel bone fractures (KBF) are considered the major welfare issue in commercial laying hens, which represents possible economic...

Keel bone fractures (KBF) are considered the major welfare issue in commercial laying hens, which represents possible economic losses for the poultry industry.

The prevalence of KBF has increased worldwide in the last 20 years, with around 97% of presentations in non-cage systems, being also pretty common in caged operations.

This condition could affect the:

  • behavior,
  • physiology,
  • egg quality, and
  • production rate.

The causing factor of this problem has not been detected or reported, which hampers the risk factor identification.

It is critical to find the risk factors associated with the KBF to understand the causes of fracture development. However, sometimes it is hard to identify the differences in keel bone fractures and keel bone deviations, with overlapping nomenclature such as keel bone damage, keel bone disorders, keel bone deviation, etc. (Ida et al., 2021)

Therefore, below is described recent research about the possible causes of KBF:

This research evaluated the impacts of bone metabolism and development status on keel bone damage by determining the levels of serum bone turnover markers in laying hens.

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In this trial, the differences in metabolism, mineral elements, and the microstructure of keel bones for laying hens individually housed in furnished cages, both




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