title: Ventilation and metabolism of the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) and the albino mouse.
abstract: Metabolic rates (O2 consumption and CO2 production) were similar in the Djungarian hamster and the white mice. The Djungarian hamster had a decreased tidal volume, an increased frequency of breathing (due to a lengthened expiratory time) and a decreased minute ventilation compared to that of the mouse. Although the relative ventilatory increase in response to hypercapnia or hypoxia was similar in the hamster and the mouse, the breathing patterns during exposures differed.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Schlenker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012119:Respiration; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide