dc.contributor.author | Maloiy, GMO | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-13T14:59:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-13T14:59:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1978-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology 08/1971; 39(3):403-12. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/33329 | |
dc.description.abstract | In controlled laboratory experiments the metabolic rate, body temperature, respiratory, sweat and heart rates were measured in adult donkeys weighing between 125 and 180 kg.At high ambient temperatures Ta (40–50°C) the sweating rate rose to 145 g H2O/m2 per hr and the respiratory rate to approximately 130/min.
In cool conditions (10°C) the metabolic rate rose to approximately 5 ml oxygen/kg per min from a value in thermal neutrality (22–32°C) of 4 ml/kg per min.
Between ambient temperatures of 5 and 50°C the rectal temperature Tr ranged from 35 to 39°C. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Temperature regulation in the somali donkey (Equus asinus). | en |
dc.type | Article | en |