Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Indices for Predicting Ascites Susceptibility in Three Successive Hatches of Broilers Exposed to Cool Temperatures

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1565-1573

  Wideman Jr , Robert F ^a   Wing, Terry ^b   Kirby, Yvonne Kochera ^a   Forman, Mary F ^a   Marson, Nathan ^a   Tackett, Caye D ^a   Ruiz Feria, Ciro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Cobb Vantress Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Electrocardiography; Heart; Oxygen; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COLD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ASCITES; CHICKENS; COLD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; POULTRY DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032186323     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.10.1565     Document Type: Review

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