Electrocardiographic evaluation of broilers during the onset of pulmonary hypertension initiated by unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-416

  Wideman Jr , Robert F ^a   Kirby, Yvonne Kochera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Chicken; Electrocardiogram; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LIGATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONSTRICTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PULMONARY ARTERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030095293     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750407     Document Type: Review

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