Broiler pulmonary hypertension syndrome. III. Commercial broiler strains differ in their susceptibility
dc.contributor.author | De Ruyck, An M.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Ark, H. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Bigalke, R.D. | |
dc.contributor.upauthor | Huchzermeyer, Fritz W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-07T10:30:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-07T10:30:13Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014 | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Broilers of 4 different commercial strains were kept during winter at an altitude of 1 350m. The birds were slaughtered at weekly intervals and their relative right ventricular mass (pulmonary arterial pressure index = API values) determined. In addition, the incidence of ascites was recorded. Two of the strains suffered high losses from ascites, while the other 2 showed a certain degree of resistance. The former 2 groups had a higher mean API and a greater percentage of high API values in clinically normal birds than the other 2 groups. The group with the lowest incidence of ascites achieved the highest mean live mass at 51 days. There was also a decrease in mean API with age in clinically normal birds. There was no difference in the incidence of ascites between males and females. | en |
dc.description.librarian | lmchunu2014 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Huchzermeyer, FW, De Ruyck, AMC & Van Ark, H 1988, 'Broiler pulmonary hypertension syndrome. III. Commercial broiler strains differ in their susceptibility', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 5-9. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42273 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria. | en |
dc.rights | ©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
dc.title | Broiler pulmonary hypertension syndrome. III. Commercial broiler strains differ in their susceptibility | en |
dc.type | Article | en |