A system for inducing hyperthermia in sheep.
A system that produces hyperthermia in pregnant sheep in a consistent and reproducible manner was designed. The experimental approach was through control of ambient temperature and relative humidity in a closed chamber; the sheep was unable to lose its metabolic heat in an environment of 42 degrees C and 75% relative humidity. This system resulted in a steady and progressive temperature rise of 2.5 degrees C in the maternal abdominal aorta in 120 +/- 17 min.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005260:Female; D006813:Humidity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature