Modes of thermal protection in newborn muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus)

• Published in: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica
• Main Authors: BLIX, A.S., GRAV, H.J., MARKUSSEN, K.A., WHITE, R.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1984
• Subjects: Greenland; Shiver; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1716.1984.tb07532.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-1716.1984.tb07532.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-1716.1984.tb07532.x

The muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus ), a native of Greenland and the Canadian North West Territories, give birth in late April, and the newborn calves are known to tolerate an ambient temperature (T a ) of ‐35°C.At birth the calves weigh about 8 kg, increasing in weight with 0.6 kg. day ‐1 for the first...