Lack of effect of cecectomy on oxygen consumption and colonic temperature of germfree rats.
Oxygen consumption and colonic temperature of germfree rats are lower than those of conventional and conventionalized rats. Cecectomy of weanling germfree rats prevents the development of the very large ceca characteristic of ordinary germfree rats but did not increase oxygen consumption or change colonic temperature.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002432:Cecum / Q000502:physiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors
D010100:Oxygen