Measurements of pulmonary arterial pressure in anesthetized male broilers at two to seven weeks of age

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1645-1649

  Forman, M F ^a   Wideman Jr , R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Blood pressure method; Broiler chicken; Pulmonary arterial pressure; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0034331684     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.11.1645     Document Type: Article

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