Accession Number:

AD0294834

Title:

THERMAL AND METABOLIC MEASUREMENTS ON A REINDEER AT REST AND IN EXERCISE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

PENNSYLVANIA UNIV PHILADELPHIA

Personal Author(s):

• HAMMEL,H.T.
• ROUPT,T.R.

Report Date:

1962-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Adaptations which equip a mammal to cope with the cold stresses of the Arctic environment must at the same time be accompanied by responses which enable it to dissipate large quantities of heat produced during exercise. Some aspects of the heat producing and heat dissipating mechanisms were investigated in the reindeer, an example of a large well adapted Arctic mammal.

Descriptors:

• *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
• *HEAT PRODUCTION(BIOLOGY)
• ANIMALS
• BODY TEMPERATURE
• FUR
• MEASUREMENT
• METABOLISM
• OXYGEN CONSUMPTION
• POLAR REGIONS
• STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE