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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.
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Jessen, C., Mercer, J.B. & Puschmann, S. Intravascular heat exchanger for conscious goats. Pflugers Arch. 368, 263–265 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00585205
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