Development of a gas chamber for detecting broiler chicken halothane sensitivity and PSE (Pale, Soft, Exudative) meat formation

The objective of this work was to investigate the use of a halothane to screen broiler chickens prone to develop PSE (Pale, Soft, Exudative) meat through a special gas chamber connected to a veterinarian anaesthetic apparatus developed in our laboratory. Anaesthesia was induced with approx. 3.0% hal...

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Main Authors: Denis Fabrício Marchi, Alexandre Oba, Iris Lamberti Ziober, Adriana Lourenço Soares, Elza Iouko Ida, Massami Shimokomaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2009-11-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000700024