A quantitative study of the pulmonary vascular bed and pulmonary weight: Body weight ratio in chickens exposed to relative normoxia and chronic hypobaric hypoxia

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-274

  Rojas, Rafael A Areiza ^a   Rivas López, Piedad C ^a   Vásquez, Aureliano Hernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Broiler; Hypobaric hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular development; Pulmonary weight

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80055006358     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.011030     Document Type: Article

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