Echocardiographic study of pulmonary hypertension syndrome in broiler chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-84

  Martinez Lemus, L A ^a   Miller, M W ^b   Jeffrey, J S ^a,b,c   Odom, T W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Broiler; Cardiac function; Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034070857     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592510     Document Type: Article

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