Electrocardiographic observation on spontaneously occurring arrhythmias in chickens

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 953-961

  Mukai, Shin ^a   Machida, Noboru ^a   Nishimura, Masaaki ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Amada, Akio ^b   Kiryu, Keiji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Chicken; Electrocardiography; Rhode Island Red; Ventricular preexcitation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CHICKENS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0030253183     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.10_953     Document Type: Article

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