and current summer study were purposely conducted during seasons that would potentially accentuate any differences between flooring systems. Although a few statistical differences were found, the results do not suggest that one system is more advantageous than the other. One consistent finding between the studies is that the predominant physical condition score for all traits measured was a 0, suggesting that there was no discernible effect of flooring type on duck body condition. However, it was also observed in this current study that ducks could receive a nonzero score without pathology being present. Our study analyzed the predominant flooring systems in the United States, namely wood shavings and raised plastic flooring. It is possible that other flooring systems may present different results than those presented here.