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Physiology, Animal

Articles on Animal Physiology, which is concerned with the processes that occur in animals


Physiology, Animal Articles

Uptake rates of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water by Eichhornia crassipes and Salvinia auriculata
The main goal of this research was to survey information about the physiology of Eichhornia crassipes and Salvinia auriculata and their capacity to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from the environment

Date: 6 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated, 9 pages

Discontinuous gas exchange in a tracheate arthropod, the pseudoscorpion Garypus californicus: Occurrence, characteristics and temperature dependence
The discontinuous gas exchange cycle of the pseudoscorpion Garypus californicus, mean mass 5.9 mg, is rudimentary and is characterized by bursts of CO2

Date: 6 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated, 7 pages

Ultrastructural Study of Spermatogenesis in Eisenia foetida (Annelida, Oligochaeta)
Spermatogenesis and the spermatozoon ultrastructure follow a common pattern in terrestrial oligochaetes.

Date: 6 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated, 7 pages

Reference values and physiological characterization of a specific isolated pig kidney perfusion model
In the present study functional values for isolated kidneys with different perfusion settings were determined to assess organ perfusion quality.

Date: 6 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated, 10 pages

Intracellularly Labeled Fusiform Cells in Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus of the Gerbil. I. Physiological Response Properties
This report describes a study in which intracellular recording and labeling techniques were used to investigate the response properties of fusiform cells in barbiturate-anesthetized Mongolian gerbils.

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated, 8 pages

Determination of the motor nerve conduction velocity of the radial and ulnar nerves in clinically normal dogs
Abstract : The radial and ulnar nerves were examined electrophysiologically in 30 normal mongrel dogs, 11 males and 19 females, aged between two and six years.

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: 1.00

Sevoflurane cardiocirculatory study in dogs with different oxygen and nitrous oxide concentrations
Abstract : Thirty healthy mongrel dogs, premedicated with levomepromazine (0.5mg/kg) and induced with tiopental sodium were anesthetized for 60 minutes

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Polimorphism analisys of somatotropin gene on Nelore cows and effect on weaning weight of the calf
Abstract : Data from a Nelore herd were used after adjustment of the weaning weight for 205 days of age, sex, age of dam, sire and weaning month and resulted into two groups of cows

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Mesenteric myxosarcoma in a dog
Abstract : Myxosarcoma is an unusual neoplasm in the dog, most seen in the skin, and seldom in the heart and in the liver.

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Polimorphism analysis of k -casein gene on Nelore females and effect on weaning weight of the calves
Abstract : Data from a Nelore herd were used after adjustment of the weaning weight for 205 days of age, sex, age of dam, sire and month of weaning resulting two groups of cows that differed in weaning weight of their calves

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

True absorption and endogenous fecal losses of phosphorus for swine in the final of the growing based on the isotopic dilution techinique
Abstract : The experiment was carried out to determine the minimum fecal endogenous losses, the P requirement of pigs, and the true P absorption from phosphate dicalcium using pigs

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Presence of Morgan-Line as an indicator of canine hip dysplasia in German Shepherd dogs
Abstract : The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the presence of Morgan line and hip dysplasia.

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Protein and vitamin E levels for broiler breed hens. 1. Effects on broiler breed performance, egg composition and performance of their progeny
Abstract : This study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effects of supplementation of two levels of crude protein (14 and 16% CP) and vitamin E

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Carcass fatty acid composition of broiler fed different sources of energy
Abstract : An experiment was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effect of metabolizable energy levels, normally utilized in ration for broilers by addition of vegetable oils

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Protein and vitamin E levels for broiler breed hens. 2. Effects on yolk and tissue a-tocopherol concentration and nitrogen balance
Abstract : Sixteen broiler breed hens were used with the objective of evaluating the effects of supplementation of two crude protein and two vitamin E levels

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: 1.00

Making Pavlov’s Cockroach
Scientists are trying to get cockroaches to follow the same trailblazing path as “Pavlov’s Dog"

Date: 5 Nov 2007, Rating: not rated

Seals Protect Brain, Conserve Oxygen By Turning Off Shivering Response On Icy Dives
Seals shiver when exposed to cold air but not when diving in chilly water, a finding that researchers believe allows the diving seal to conserve oxygen and minimize brain damage that could result from long dives.

Date: 16 Oct 2006, Rating: 2.33

Cytokine regulation of fever: studies using gene knockout mice
This review summarizes the responses of cytokine and cytokine receptor knockout mice to fevers induced by lipopolysaccharide, turpentine, and sepsis.

Date: 20 Jul 2006, Rating: 2.17, 10 pages

UCSD Professor Explains How Elephants Are Able To Snorkel
Scientists have wondered why elephants can snorkel from considerable depths that would rupture the lungs of other mammals. Now, pulmonary physiologist has explained the phenomenon.

Date: 20 Jul 2006, Rating: 5.00

Gazelles shrink liver and heart to reduce oxygen consumption during drought
It's about the physiology adjustion of sand gazelles and other large desert mammals during drought period.

Date: 11 Jun 2006, Rating: 1.00