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

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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173698

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

Shucheng Huang,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Lihong Zhang,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Mujeeb Ur Rehman,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Muhammad Kashif Iqbal,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Yanfang Lan,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Khalid Mehmood,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Hui Zhang,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Gang Qiu,

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Detection and Monitoring of Highland Animal Disease, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi Tibet, People's Republic of China
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Fazul Nabi,

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
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Wangyuan Yao,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Meng Wang,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Jiakui Li

* E-mail: lijk210@sina.com

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Detection and Monitoring of Highland Animal Disease, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi Tibet, People's Republic of China
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High altitude hypoxia as a factor that promotes tibial growth plate development in broiler chickens

Shucheng Huang,
Lihong Zhang,
Mujeeb Ur Rehman,
Muhammad Kashif Iqbal,
Yanfang Lan,
Khalid Mehmood,
Hui Zhang,
Gang Qiu,
Fazul Nabi,
Wangyuan Yao

Published: March 10, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173698

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