HEAT-LOSS REGULATION - ROLE OF APPENDAGES AND TORSO IN THE DEER MOUSE AND THE WHITE-RABBIT
HEAT-LOSS REGULATION - ROLE OF APPENDAGES AND TORSO IN THE DEER MOUSE AND THE WHITE-RABBIT
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00684671
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
PORTER, WP
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作者:
CONLEY, KE;PORTER, WP
Thermal conductance was subdivided into the component conductances of the appendages and torso using a heat transfer analysis for the deer mouse, P. maniculatus, and the white rabbit, O. cuniculus. The analysis was based on laboratory measurements of skin temperature and respiratory gas exchange made between air temperatures of 8.degree.-34.degree. C for the deer mouse, and from published data for the white rabbit. Two series conductances to heat transfer for each appendage and torso were evaluated: internal (hin), for blood flow and tissue conduction to the skin surface, and external (hex), for heat loss from the skin surface to the environment. These 2 series conductances were represented in a single, total conductance (htot). The limit to htot was set by hex and was reached by the torso htot of both animals. The increase in torso htot observed with air temperature for the mouse suggests that a pilomotor change in fur depth occurred. A control of htot below the limit set by hex was achieved by the hin of each appendage. Elevation of mouse thermal conductance (C) resulted from increases in feet, tail, and torso htot. The rabbit showed no change in torso htot between 5.degree.-30.degree. C and ear htot exclusively increased C over these air temperatures. The hyperthermia reported for the rabbit at 35.degree. C resulted from C reaching the physical limit set by torso and near hex. The ear alone adjusted rabbit C, whereas the feet, tail and the torso contributed to the adjustment of mouse C.