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A comparison of the deep-body temperature of Hereford and zebu cows recorded continuously by radio-telemetry under similar field conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. Bligh
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge*and the Department of Physiology, Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda
G. H. Lampkin
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Research Organization, Muguga, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya

Extract

1. A radio-telemetric system linked to a thermistor- probe embedded in deep muscular tissue has been used to record continuously variations in deep-body temperature during 46–66 hr. in three Hereford (temperate) and three East African zebu (tropical) cows under similar temperate field conditions.

2. The limitations of the ‘probe’ technique for measuring deep-body temperature are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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