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Divergent selection for ascites incidence in chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 2007
Pavlidis H O, Balog J M, Stamps L K, Hughes J D, Huff W E, Anthony N B
Abstract excerpt
Chicken lines that were either resistant or susceptible to ascites syndrome were developed by using a hypobaric chamber to induce the disease. Birds were reared in a hypobaric chamber that simulated high altitude by operating under a partial vacuum, which thereby lowered the partial pressure of oxygen. Ascites mortality data from birds reared under hypobaric chamber conditions were used to select siblings to be...
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