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A study of the fasting metabolism of various breeds of pig. II. Body temperature measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Thomas Deighton
Thomas Deighton
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(Animal Nutrition Institute, School of Agriculture, Cambridge University.)
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The normal body temperature of the pigs used in these experiments showed an appreciably greater variability than has hitherto been considered normal for pigs, the limits being 98·3–104·80° F. and the variation is independent of environmental temperature, or season of the year. The average normal temperature of the adult hog is 101·7° F.

In fasting for from two to five days a reduction of body temperature was noted in a large majority of cases, amounting on the average to 1·7° F.

Whether the normal or fasting figures are taken, the mean body temperature is higher in youth (50 days) than in the adult hog by about 1·5° F.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1935 , pp. 180 - 191
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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