VENTILATION AND GAS-EXCHANGE IN THE MUTE SWAN, CYGNUS-OLOR
VENTILATION AND GAS-EXCHANGE IN THE MUTE SWAN, CYGNUS-OLOR
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DOI:
10.1016/0034-5687(80)90060-2
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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JOHANSEN, K
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BECH, C;JOHANSEN, K
Ventilation and gas exchange were continuously measured in the mute swan using pneumatochography and breath-to-breath analysis of the ventilated gas by mass spectrometry combined with blood gas analysis. The breathing frequency was much lower and the tidal volume much higher than values predicted from allometric relations. The breathing cycles typically showed long end-inspiratory breath holding periods. End-tidal PCO2 [CO2 partial pressure] and PO2 [O2 partial pressure] were above and below, respectively, typical end-tidal gas tensions in birds. A pronounced positive PCO2 difference between end-tidal gas and mixed venous blood was present, averaging 9.8 mm Hg. The blood gas values in the mute swan fall within a range typical of birds. A very low air convection requirement (13.6 ml .cntdot. ml-1) and high O2 extraction coefficient (33.0%) indicate a high gas exchange efficiency of the swan lung. The unusually large tidal volumes and the long breath holds succeeding each inspiration are likely contributing factors to the high exchange efficiency. Calculated low values for the blood convection requirement (12.8 ml .cntdot. ml-1) match the low air convection requirements and result in a ventilation/perfusion ratio near unity (.ovrhdot.VI/.ovrhdot.Q = 1.06).