Electrocardiography, heart rates, and heart weights of free-living birds

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-54

  Machida, Noboru ^a   Aohagi, Yoshiyuki ^b,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tottori Prefecture Kurayoshi Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiogram; Free living bird; Heart rate; Heart weight; Heart to body weight ratio

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARRHYTHMIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART RATE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0013187407     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0047:EHRAHW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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