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Genetic and phenotypic relationships between blood gas parameters and ascites-related traits in broilers.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 2009
Closter A M, van As P, Groenen M A M, Vereijken A L J, van Arendonk J A M, Bovenhuis H
Abstract excerpt
Ascites, also called pulmonary hypertension syndrome, is a metabolic disorder in chickens that have an insufficient pulmonary vascular capacity. The tendency of broilers to develop ascites is heritable, and successful selection against this susceptibility would benefit from good and easy-to-measure indicator traits. Blood gas parameters have been suggested as indicator traits for ascites susceptibility....
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