High altitude hypoxia as a factor that promotes tibial growth plate development in broiler chickens.

High altitude hypoxia as a factor that promotes tibial growth plate development in broiler chickens.

Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is one of the most common problems in the poultry industry and leads to lameness by affecting the proximal growth plate of the tibia. However, due to the unique environmental and geographical conditions of Tibet, no case of TD has been reported in Tibetan chickens (TBCs)...

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Main Authors: Shucheng Huang, Lihong Zhang, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal, Yanfang Lan, Khalid Mehmood, Hui Zhang, Gang Qiu, Fazul Nabi, Wangyuan Yao, Meng Wang, Jiakui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5345845?pdf=render

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