Comparative pathology of heart and liver lesions of broiler chickens that died of ascites, heart failure, and others

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 526-532

  Nakamura, Kikuyasu ^a   Ibaraki, Yoshihiro ^b   Mitarai, Zenro ^c   Shibahara, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Higashi hiroshima Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^c Ohita Livestock Hygiene Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascites syndrome; Broiler; Cardiac calcification; Cardiac degeneration; Heart failure; Hepatic capsule fibrosis; Hepatocytic necrosis; Right heart dilation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033167381     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592652     Document Type: Review

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