Deep pectoral myopathy: an experimental simulation in the fowl.
Surgical occlusion of the subclavian artery of domestic fowls has been found to induce a condition closely resembling, in location and histopathology, the deep pectoral myopathy of turkeys. The operative procedure is described and the significance of the collateral blood supply in the pathogenesis of the lesion is briefly discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D008026:Ligation; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013348:Subclavian Artery