Original scientific paper
The Effect of Atrophic Rhinitis (AR) on the Weight-gain of Swine
Tamás Donkó
Melinda Kovács
Tibor Magyar
Abstract
Atrophic rhinitis (AR) is an infectious disease of swine. Besides the most characteristic clinical symptom, nasal turbinate atrophy, it is presumed to result retarded growth rate as well. The present paper gives a brief overview of the scientific literature concerning the correlation between AR and weightgain. Pointing out some of the possible reasons of contradictory results on the topic is also attempted.
Keywords
swine; atrophic rhinitis; weight-gain
Hrčak ID:
12325
URI
Publication date:
15.9.2003.
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