L-arginine and antioxidant vitamins E and C improve the cardiovascular performance of broiler chickens grown under chronic hypobaric hypoxia

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2141-2146

  Bautista Ortega, J ^a   Ruiz Feria, C A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant vitamin; Arginine; Cardiovascular performance; Hypobaric hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension syndrome

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77958094639     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00764     Document Type: Article

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