Candidate Gene Expression and SNP Analyses of Toxin-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy in the Turkey(Meleagris gallopavo)

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a heart disease, affects many vertebrates including humans and poultry. The disease can be either idiopathic (IDCM) or toxin-induced. Idiopathic DCM often occurs without a consensus cause. Though genetic and other studies of IDCM are extensive, the specific etiology of...

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Main Author: Lin, Kuan-chin
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42012
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04102006-232957/