Influence of environmental conditions and handling on the temperature rhythm of the rat.
The necessity for considering environmental influences when performing and evaluating animal experiments was confirmed by using a wireless biotelemetry unit. Long-term measurements of nuclear temperature rhythms showed temperature rises of several tenths of a degree and in extreme conditions of up to 1.4 degrees C when animals were subjected to normal daily and experimental procedures.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004777:Environment; D006234:Handling, Psychological; D009622:Noise; D051381:Rats; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014887:Weather