Pyrogenic responses of the pika, Ochotona rufescens rufescens.
In 3-month-old male and female pikas, Ochotona rufescens rufescens, reared at an ambient temperature of 25 degrees C, the mean within-day body temperature was 39.2 degrees C without significant variance. At an ambient temperature of 35 degrees C it increased markedly in males while decreased slightly at 5 degrees C. The pikas showed lower sensitivity than Japanese white rabbits to a pyrogenic E. coli endotoxin.
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D007793:Lagomorpha / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011749:Pyrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013696:Temperature
D004731:Endotoxins; D011749:Pyrogens