Brain, abdominal and arterial blood temperatures of free-ranging eland in their natural habitat

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 438, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 671-680

  Fuller, Andrea ^a   Mitchell, Graham ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a   Moss, Dominic G ^b   Skinner, John D ^b   Jessen, Paul T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Rural Development Support Program   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Arterial blood temperature; Body temperature; Brain temperature; Circadian rhythm; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HYPERTHERMIA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ARTERIES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; NAMIBIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032832855     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240051092     Document Type: Article

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