Motor nerve conduction velocity in normal chickens
Kornegay, J.N.; Gorgacz, E.J.; Parker, M.A.; Schierman, L.W.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 44(8): 1537-1540
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 6625304 Document Number: 207965
Muscle potentials evoked by proximal and distal tibial nerve stimulation were evaluated and used to calculate motor nerve conduction velocity in 65 chickens. Two potentials analogous to the M and F waves recorded in persons consistently were evoked. The mean tibial motor nerve conduction velocity +/- SD of the birds was 32.3 +/- 4.0 m/s. This value varied significantly (P less than 0.05) with both age and cloacal temperature.