SPONTANEOUS HYPOXEMIA AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN FAST GROWING BROILER-CHICKENS REARED AT SEA-LEVEL

被引:102
作者
PEACOCK, AJ [1 ]
PICKETT, C [1 ]
MORRIS, K [1 ]
REEVES, JT [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO,HLTH SCI CTR,CARDIOVASC PULM RES LAB,DENVER,CO 80262
来源
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY | 1990年 / 97卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0300-9629(90)90124-B
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
1. 1. At 6 weeks of age, the time of most rapid body growth, fast growing broiler chickens showed more right ventricular hypertrophy than slower growing chickens. 2. 2. The degree of right ventricular hypertrophy was directly related to blood haematocrit and indirectly related to arterial oxygen saturation (estimated in the chickens using an ear oximeter designed for man). 3. 3. When oxygen saturation was estimated sequentially from 6 to 17 weeks of age, mean oxygenation improved with age, partly due to the death of the chickens with the worst saturations, but also because of an improvement in oxygenation of the survivors. © 1990.
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