Sweating in the guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
Sweat glands are present all over the skin, where sweat production varies from 4.98 to 73.36gm-2h-1 of skin. Ambient temperatures between 20 and 33°C are the main stimuli for activation of sweat glands, generating a heat loss ranging from 11.9 to 37% of standing basal metabolic rate. Respiratory wat...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/97330 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97330 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ARGENTINA GUANACO PATAGONIA SWEAT GLANDS THERMAL STRESS THERMOREGULATION https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Sweat glands are present all over the skin, where sweat production varies from 4.98 to 73.36gm-2h-1 of skin. Ambient temperatures between 20 and 33°C are the main stimuli for activation of sweat glands, generating a heat loss ranging from 11.9 to 37% of standing basal metabolic rate. Respiratory water loss is not an important mechanism for heat dissipation. Water loss is controlled by postural changes in the guanaco. |
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