Oxygen consumption and thyroid function in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).
Thyroidal accumulation of 125I and the biological half-life of 131I-thyroxine were determined in the squirrel monkey. Oxygen consumption and the respiratory quotient were also measured. A peak uptake of 131I by the thyroid of 45.3% of the injected isotope occurred 4 hours after administration of the radioisotope. The biological half-life of the 131I-thyroxine was 22-24 hours. Oxygen consumption was 1.02 cm3 O2/g/hour and the respiratory quotient was 0.82. It was concluded that the squirrel monkey is hypermetabolic when compared with other laboratory animals of the same size.
D000818:Animals; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000378:metabolism*; D007455:Iodine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012453:Saimiri / Q000378:metabolism*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood
D007455:Iodine; D013974:Thyroxine