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A note on the measurement of heat exchange by radiotelemetry in black desert goats during winter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. P. Goyal
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Studies, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur-342003, India
P. K. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Studies, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur-342003, India

Extract

Recently, radiotelemetry has been widely used in the measurements of various physiological attributes, e.g. body and skin temperatures, heart rate and heat flux across the surface in unrestrained animals (Zervanos & Hadley, 1973; Moen, 1978; Mautz & Fair, 1980). The present note provides some basic information on heat flux across the skin in untethered black Marwari goats of the Rajasthan desert, measured by radiotelemetry during winter.

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Short Notes
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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