The Effect of Strain of Broiler on Physiological Parameters Associated with the Ascites Syndrome

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 663-667

  Silversides, F G ^a   Lefrancois M R ^a   Villeneuve, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascites; Broiler lines; Hematocrit; Lung volume

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HEMATOCRIT; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ASCITES; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; CHICKENS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMATOCRIT; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY DISEASES; SPLEEN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031134874     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.5.663     Document Type: Article

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