A Quantitative Study of the Pulmonary Vascular Bed and Pulmonary Weight: Body Weight Ratio in Chickens Exposed to Relative Normoxia and Chronic Hypobaric Hypoxia
The number of pulmonary blood vessels of different diameter range and the lung weight: body weight ratio were calculated in broiler chickens, as potential markers of adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia. Cobb500 broilers were housed at 460 and 2638 meters above sea level. Four week-old birds were assig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Poultry Science Association
2011-10-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Poultry Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/48/4/48_011030/_pdf/-char/en |