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    Veterinary advice should be sought from your local veterinarian before applying any ×
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    Pendulous Crop
    Pendulous crop is an abnormal condition in chickens where the crop becomes distended from
    its normal position, and fills with ingested feed and fluid. Chickens who are raised entirely on
    pelleted feed are more at risk of developing pendulous crop, as a result of modification in the
    gut flow due to poor gizzard development.

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    As soon as the bird starts to ingest different feed materials or larger volumes, the gizzard can't
    keep up, causing food to be constantly stored in the crop. The crop expands, stretching the
    muscles, losing the capacity to contract and empty, until it reaches a point where the damage is
    irreversible. There are several negative implications for when this occurs:
    The contents within the crop essentially get stuck, which will stagnate and potentially
    ferment. This leads to a condition known as sour crop.

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    The chicken is not able to absorb all the nutrients and has an increased risk of
    dehydration.
    There are several different causes of pendulous crop in chickens, including:
    Excessive water intake
    Defects in the crop itself
    Consumption of coarse fibrous feed
    Partial blockage of the proventriculus or gizzard, due to tumors, high parasite loads, or the
    presence of a foreign body.
    Clinical Signs
    Enlarged crop
    Delayed crop emptying
    Reduced feed intake
    Weight loss
    Diagnosis Treatment
    Name Summary
    Crop bra Purchasing or creating a crop bra to help assist chickens with keeping their
    crop from overstretching.
    Diet
    modification

    Support

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    Prevention
    Don't raise chickens entirely on pelleted feeds.
    Prognosis Scientific References
    1Çelik, Özgür Yaşar, and İ. R. A. K. Kıvanç. Effect of Pendulous Crop on Certain
    Clinicopathological and Biochemical Parameters in Japanese Quails

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    (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tjvr/issue/52654/693528) Turkish Journal of Veterinary


    Research 4.1 (2020)
    2Almeida EA, Silva FHA, Crowe TG, Macari M, Furlan RL. Influence of rearing temperature
    and feed format in the development of the pendulous crop in broilers
    (https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pey221) Poultry Science (2018)
    3Classen, H. L., et al. The role of the crop in poultry production
    (https://doi.org/10.1017/S004393391600026X) World's Poultry Science Journal 72.3
    (2016)
    4ZAEFARIAN, F., ABDOLLAHI, M., & RAVINDRAN, V.. Particle size and feed form in broiler
    diets: impact on gastrointestinal tract development and gut health
    (http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?
    fromPage=online&aid=10334345&fileId=S0043933916000222) World's Poultry Science
    Journal (2016)
    5Kierończyk, Bartosz, et al. Avian crop function–a review
    (https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/aoas.2016.16.issue-3/aoas-2016-
    0032/aoas-2016-0032.pdf) Annals of Animal Science 16.3 (2016)
    6Stout, Jane D. Common emergencies in pet birds
    (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvex.2016.01.002) Veterinary Clinics: Exotic Animal Practice 19.2
    (2016)
    7Venkatasivakumar, R., Reddy, E. T., Reddy, B. S., & Sekhar, B. S Clinical Management of
    Pendulous Crop in a Turkey. International Journal of Livestock Research (2016)
    8Hidalgo, K., & Rodríguez, B. Poultry feeding: fifty years of research at the Institute of
    Animal Science (http://cjascience.com/index.php/CJAS/article/view/534) Cuban Journal
    of Agricultural Science (2016)
    9Ebling, P. D., Pontalti, G. C., Villanueva, A. P., & Ribeiro, A. M. L. . Pendulous Crop in
    Broilers (http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1516-
    635X2015000300395&script=sci_arttext) Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola (2015)
    10Gelis, Stacey, BSc, BVSc, MACVS Chapter 14: Evaluating and Treating the
    Gastrointestinal System. Clinical Avian Medicine. Vol. 1 (2014)
    11Aguilar, Roberto F., Jill N. Yoshicedo, and Chris N. Parish.. Ingluviotomy tube placement
    for lead-induced crop stasis in the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
    (https://www.jstor.org/stable/41682480 ) Journal of avian medicine and surgery (2012)
    12Lierz, Michael, and Rüdiger Korbel.. Anesthesia and analgesia in birds
    (https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jepm.2011.11.008) Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine 21.1 (2012)
    13Wynne, Janna, and Cynthia Stringfield. Treatment of lead toxicity and crop stasis in a
    California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0040R.1)
    Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 38.4 (2007)
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    Good Overviews
    1BHWT Crop diseases in Chickens. (http://www.bhwt.org.uk/information/crop-diseases-
    in-chickens/) British Hen Welfare Trust (2015)

    Risk Factors

    Hot weather conditions


    Overfeeding
    Restricting feed
    Irregular feeding schedule
    Diet consisting entirely of pelleted feed

    Also Consider

    Candidiasis (/condition/candidiasis)
    Crop impaction (/condition/impacted-crop)
    Marek's Disease (/condition/mareks-disease)

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