Plasma taurine levels in broilers with pulmonary hypertension syndrome induced by unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1627-1633

  Ruiz Feria, C A ^a   Beers, K W ^a   Kidd, M T ^b   Wideman Jr , R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Nutri Quest Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Broiler; Heart; Pulmonary hypertension; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGATION; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONSTRICTION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PULMONARY ARTERY; TAURINE;

EID: 0033228499     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.11.1627     Document Type: Article

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