Broiler breeder survivors of chronic unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion produce progeny resistant to pulmonary hypertension syndrome (ascites) induced by cool temperatures

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 404-411

  Wideman Jr , Robert F ^a   French, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Hubbard ISA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Genetic selection; Heart; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHICKEN; COLD; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ASCITES; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHICKENS; COLD; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033090323     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.3.404     Document Type: Article

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