Rectal temperature of the husky under severe winter conditions in the Antarctic
Rectal temperatures were measured in a group of 15 huskies during the Antarctic winter at Halley Bay, and found to vary between37–55 and 40 25oC. A significant positive correlation was shown between ambient and the mean rectal temperatures. It is suggested that the dogs'reaction to the cold env...
| Published in: | Journal of Zoology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Zoological Society of London
1966
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526824/ https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb03887.x |
| Summary: | Rectal temperatures were measured in a group of 15 huskies during the Antarctic winter at Halley Bay, and found to vary between37–55 and 40 25oC. A significant positive correlation was shown between ambient and the mean rectal temperatures. It is suggested that the dogs'reaction to the cold environment shows a possible acclimatization effect. |
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