MOTOR-NERVE CONDUCTION-VELOCITY IN NORMAL CHICKENS

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 44  (8) , 1537-1540
Abstract
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 < 0.05) with both age and cloacal temperature.