SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE BLOOD VOLUME AND CIRCULATING METABOLITE LEVELS OF THE HUSKY DOG

• Main Authors: Hannon,John P., Durrer,John L.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC AEROMEDICAL LAB FORT WAINWRIGHT ALASKA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1963
• Subjects: *BLOOD CIRCULATION; COLD WEATHER TESTS; DOGS; LOW TEMPERATURE; BLOOD PLASMA; BLOOD; SEASONS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0412782; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0412782

The total blood volumes of Alaskan Husky dogs continuously exposed out-of-doors in the sub Arctic were approximately 25% greater in the winter than in the summer. This increase was the summated result of a 38% increase in total erythrocyte volume and a 14% increase in total plasma volume. Chemical analyses of the blood plasma showed large summer to winter increases in total lipids (44%) and phospholipids (40) and more moderate increases in plasma proteins (28%), cholesterol (24%) and nonprotein nitrogen (14%). (Author)