Body Temperature of Turkey Poults Exposed to Simulated Chilling Rain

• Published in: Poultry Science
• Main Authors: Jones, J. E., Barnett, B. D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1971
• Subjects: Research Notes; Arctic; Scholander; Arctic birds
• Online Access: http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/3/972; https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0500972

Scholander et al. (1950) observed in Arctic birds that adaptation to cold was dependent upon time. They further concluded that adaptation of mammals was not accomplished by lowering of body temperature since reindeer and dogs had normal rectal temperatures at −45°C. Insulation was found to be the mo...