Abstract
Chickens fed copper deficient diets from birth produce a bone with increased collagen solubility. This, in turn, is related to the decrease in the cross-links in the collagen. The decreased cross-links in the collagen alter the mechanical properties of bone so that it exhibits an increase in its stress relaxation and a decrease in its tolerance to deformation. The above information was obtained by studying whole chick tibias subjected to stress relaxation experiments in torsion, followed by torsional tests to failure.
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