Dietary sodium bicarbonate, cool temperatures, and feed withdrawal: Impact on arterial and venous blood-gas values in broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 560-570

  Wideman Jr , R F ^a   Hooge, D M ^b   Cummings, K R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Hooge Consulting Service Inc   (United States)

^c Church & Dwight Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base; Ascites; Electrocardiography; Oxygen; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; COLD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZATION; SYNDROME;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; ASCITES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHICKENS; COLD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INCIDENCE; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POULTRY DISEASES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0042161692     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.4.560     Document Type: Article

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