Electrocardiographic consequences of a peripatetic lifestyle in gray wolves (Canis lupus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 557-563

  Constable, Peter ^a   Hinchcliff, Ken ^b   Demma, Nick ^c   Callahan, Margaret ^d   Dale, Bruce ^e   Fox, Kevin ^c   Adams, Layne ^f   Wack, Ray ^g   Kramer, Lyn ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Wildlife Science Center   (United States)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f US National Biological Service   (United States)

^g Columbus Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Cardiac enlargement; Electrocardiography; Exercise; Gray wolf

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; WOLF;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0031659908     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10066-1     Document Type: Article

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