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Pulmonary function values in Friesian and double-muscled calves during acute poikilocapnic hypoxia.
Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A - 1 Apr 1997
Rollin F, Amory H, Desmecht D, Linden A, Art T, Lomba F, Lekeux P
Abstract excerpt
The effects of an acute non-isocapnic hypoxia on ventilation and pulmonary mechanics were investigated in 6 healthy unsedated Holstein-Friesian (HF) calves and in 7 double-muscled calves of the Belgian White and Blue (BWB) breed known to develop more severe hypoxemia during exercise and respiratory diseases. Data were collected at 1 min intervals throughout the following protocol: breathing air (FIO2 = 21%), then...
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