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Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting susceptibility in chicken to develop pulmonary hypertension syndrome.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Rabie T S K M, Crooijmans R P M A, Bovenhuis H, Vereijken A L J, Veenendaal T, van der Poel J J, Van Arendonk J A M, Pakdel A, Groenen M A M
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary hypertension syndrome (PHS), also referred to as ascites syndrome, is a growth-related disorder of chickens frequently observed in fast-growing broilers with insufficient pulmonary vascular capacity at low temperature and/or at high altitude. A cross between two genetically different broiler dam lines that originated from the White Plymouth Rock breed was used to produce a three-generation population....
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