Hypothermia, Hypoglycemia, and Hypothyrosis Associated with Poult Enteritis and Mortality Syndrome

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1103-1109

  Doerfler, Rachel E ^a   Edens, F W ^a   Parkhurst, C R ^a   Havenstein, G B ^a   Qureshi, M A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Mortality; Poult enteritis; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; POULTRY DISEASES; SYNDROME; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0032135545     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.8.1103     Document Type: Article

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