Effect of dietary flax oil and hypobaric hypoxia on right ventricular hypertrophy and ascites in broiler chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 731-741

  Bond, J M ^a   Julian, R J ^a   Squires, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LINSEED OIL;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ASCITES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIET; HEMOGLOBINS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; LINSEED OIL; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030227686     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669608417903     Document Type: Article

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