| Resting heart rate and tympanic temperature in operant conditioned western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). | |
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PMID: 17679523 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The conscious, resting heart rate and body temperature of healthy western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is not reported in the literature. To obtain this information, two clinically healthy adult male western lowland gorillas in a training program were conditioned to allow auscultation and obtain tympanic temperatures. The mean heart rate was 73.8 +/- 8.96 beats per minute (n = 176), and it was lower than mean heart rate reported in studies on anesthetized gorillas. The mean tympanic temperature was 35.5 +/- 0.7 degrees C (95.9 +/- 1.23 degrees F) (n = 209). The right tympanic temperature (rtt) and left tympanic temperature (ltt) were recorded separately for one gorilla. A small but statistically significant difference was present between the mean rtt of 35.8 +/- 0.7 degrees C (96.5 +/- 1.2 degrees F) (n = 137) and the mean ltt of 35.7 +/- 0.8 degrees C (96.2 +/- 1.3 degrees F) (n = 121). |
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Authors:
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Corrine S Brown; Jennifer M Finnegan |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Volume: 38 ISSN: 1042-7260 ISO Abbreviation: J. Zoo Wildl. Med. Publication Date: 2007 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-08-07 Completed Date: 2007-09-17 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8915208 Medline TA: J Zoo Wildl Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 345-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Alaska Wildlife and Wildfowl Conservation, Inc., PO Box 277, Grand Cane, Louisiana 71032, USA. Csbdvm@aol.com |
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Animals Body Temperature / physiology* Gorilla gorilla / physiology* Heart Rate / physiology* Male Reference Values Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Thermography / methods, standards, veterinary* Tympanic Membrane / physiology* |
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