Metabolic rate of camels: effect of body temperature and dehydration.
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SCHMIDT-NIELSEN, K., E. C. CRAWFORD, JR., A. E. NEWSOME, K. S. RAWSON, AND H. T. HAMMEL. Metabolic rate of camels: effect of body temperature and dehydration. Am. J. Physiol. 2 I ~(2) : 341-346. 19670 -The effect on metabolic rate (oxygen consumption) of changes in body temperature and state of dehydration was studied in four camels. The data were subjected to multiple-regression analysis. The metabolic rate increased with rising body temperature as expressed by a mean Qro of 2.06. The metabolic rate decreased with increasing dehydration, reaching about 77 yO of the original value at 77 yO of the initial hydrated body weight. The rate of respiration (rate of breathing) increased with rising body temperature with a mean Qlo of 10.86. Th e rate of respiration was decreased to 640/ of the initial value when dehydration had reduced the body weight to 77 yO of the initial weight.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The American journal of physiology
دوره 212 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1967