An environmental chamber system for prolonged metabolic studies on small animals
| Autor: | W. W. Martz, J. B. Simmons, C. L. Schatte, D. P. Clarkson, J. P. Jordan, L. J. Huston |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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Atmosphere Exposure Chambers
Time Factors Physical Exertion Closed ecological system Metabolic adaptation Carbon dioxide production Indefinite period Biology Mechanical components Water consumption Toxicology Oxygen Consumption Animal science Animals Laboratory Animal activity Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Monitoring Physiologic Environmental chamber Temperature General Medicine Carbon Dioxide Rats Atmospheric Pressure Space and Planetary Science Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena |
| Zdroj: | Space Life Sciences. 4:424-433 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0875 0169-6149 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00930354 |
| Popis: | Measurement of metabolic adaptation to marginally stressful environments requires both precise regulation of a variety of atmospheric factors for extended periods of time and the capacity to employ sensitive parameters in an undisturbed subject. This paper describes a metabolic chamber system which can simultaneously maintain groups of small animals in two completely separate closed environments having different pressures, temperatures and gas compositions for an indefinite period. Oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, food and water consumption and animal activity cycles can be continuously monitored and quantified 24 h per day while the animals are in an unrestrained state. Each chamber can be serviced and the animals handled, injected and sacrificed without subjecting them to barometric stress. Several unique electrical and mechanical components allow semi-automated data collection on a continuous basis for indefinite periods of time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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