Abstract

The total blood volumes of Alaskan Husky dogs, continuously exposed out-of-doors in the subarctic, were approximately 25% greater in the winter than in the summer. This increase was the summated result of a 38% increase in total erythrocyte volume and a 14% increase in total plasma volume. Chemical analyses of the blood plasma showed large summer to winter increases in total lipids (44%) and phospholipids (40%) and more moderate increases in plasma proteins (28%), cholesterol (24%), and nonprotein nitrogen (14%).

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