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 documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2001 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositório: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/97330 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97330 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | ARGENTINA GUANACO PATAGONIA SWEAT GLANDS THERMAL STRESS THERMOREGULATION https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Resumo: | 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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