High carbon dioxide tension (PCO2) and the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias in rapidly growing broiler chickens

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 40-43

  Korte, S M ^a   Sgoifo, A ^b   Ruesink, W ^a   Kwakernaak, C ^a   Van Voorst, S ^a   Scheele, C W ^a   Blokhuis, H J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHICKENS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033542583     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.2.40     Document Type: Article

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