RELATIONSHIP OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION TO BODY TEMPERATURE IN THE RESTRAINED RAT

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Rats (40) were divided into 4 groups: 10 control and 10 restrained animals at room temperature (23[degree]C) and 10 control and 10 restrained animals at 0[degree]C. Continuous recordings were made of O2 consumption and body temperature. It was learned that the restrained animals initially consumed O2 faster than the control animals. This difference was maintained throughout a 3-hour exposure in the case of the animals at room temperature but in the animals maintained in the cold the O2 consumption of the restrained animals fell below that of the control animals. Fall in O2 consumption was accompanied by a fall in body temperature; it was not possible to state which was the cause and which the effect. Both decreased O2 consumption and temperature drop may be the effect of another cause, emotionality or emotional stress.

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