Metabolic rate of camels: effect of body temperature and dehydration.

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ARTICLESMetabolic rate of camels: effect of body temperature and dehydrationK Schmidt-Nielsen, Crawford EC Jr, AE Newsome, KS Rawson, and HT HammelK Schmidt-Nielsen, Crawford EC Jr, AE Newsome, KS Rawson, and HT HammelPublished Online:01 Feb 1967https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1967.212.2.341MoreSectionsPDF (1 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByDevelopment of a Mobile Open-Circuit Respiration Head Hood System for Measuring Gas Exchange in Camelids in the Andean Plateau10 March 2023 | Animals, Vol. 13, No. 6Transcriptomic plasticity of the hypothalamic osmoregulatory control centre of the Arabian dromedary camel23 September 2022 | Communications Biology, Vol. 5, No. 1Purification and biochemical characterization of catalase that confers protection against hydrogen peroxide induced by stressful desert environment: the Camelus Dromedarius kidney catalase8 September 2022 | Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Vol. 29Camel Proteins and Enzymes: A Growing Resource for Functional Evolution and Environmental Adaptation12 July 2022 | Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 9Preference and discrimination behaviour of llamas to saline drinking waterSmall Ruminant Research, Vol. 207Thermal Physiology in the USA: A 100-Year History of the Science and Its Scientists (1880–1980)23 September 2022Reversible insulin resistance helps Bactrian camels survive fasting22 September 2021 | Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, No. 1Effect of Different Watering Regimes in Summer Season on Water Intake, Feed Intake, and Milk Production of Marecha She-camel (Camelus dromedarius)8 May 2021 | Animals, Vol. 11, No. 5On the interplay between hypothermia and reproduction in a high arctic ungulate30 January 2020 | Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, No. 1Body temperature of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in south-east Queensland9 May 2020 | International Journal of Biometeorology, Vol. 64, No. 8A sustainable bio-inspired cooling unit for hot arid regions: Integrated evaporative cooling system in wind towerApplied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 161Seasonal adaptations of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system of the dromedary camel18 June 2019 | PLOS ONE, Vol. 14, No. 6Temperature dependency of whole blood viscosity and red cell properties in desert ungulates: Studies on scimitar-horned oryx and dromedary camelClinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, Vol. 69, No. 4Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter27 July 2017 | Biological Reviews, Vol. 93, No. 1The hairy lizard: heterothermia affects anaesthetic requirements in the Arabian oryx ( Oryx leucoryx )Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Vol. 44, No. 4Thermoregulatory consequences of salt loading in the lizard Pogona vitticeps24 February 2015 | Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 218, No. 8Saving energy during hard times: energetic adaptations of Shetland pony mares30 October 2014 | Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 217, No. 24Gaseous Mediators in Temperature Regulation30 September 2014Daily regulation of body temperature rhythm in the camel ( Camelus dromedarius ) exposed to experimental desert conditions28 September 2014 | Physiological Reports, Vol. 2, No. 9Characterising an artiodactyl family inhabiting arid habitats by its metabolism: Low metabolism and maintenance requirements in camelidsJournal of Arid Environments, Vol. 107Multisystem Disorders30 September 2013Entrainment of the circadian clock by daily ambient temperature cycles in the camel (Camelus dromedarius)Khalid El Allali, Mohamed R. 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