Pflügers Archiv

, Volume 368, Issue 3, pp 263–265 | Cite as

Intravascular heat exchanger for conscious goats

  • Claus Jessen
  • James B. Mercer
  • Stefan Puschmann
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Summary

Polyethylene tubings were chronically implanted into the vascular system of goats and served as heat exchagers to remove heat directly from the body core at a rate equalling several times resting heat production.

Key words

Heat exchanger thermoregulation 
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© Springer-Verlag 1977

Authors and Affiliations

  • Claus Jessen
    • 1
    • 2
  • James B. Mercer
    • 1
    • 2
  • Stefan Puschmann
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Zentrum für Physiologie der UniversitätGiessenFederal Republic of Germany
  2. 2.Max-Planck-Institut für Physiologische und Klinische ForschungW. G. Kerckhoff-InstitutBad NauheimFederal Republic of Germany

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