title: The effect of thyroxine on the oxygen consumption of the ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal).
abstract: Acutely administered thyroxine caused significant increase in the whole body rate of oxygen consumption of C. ocellatus at temperatures between 4 and 25 degrees C. No significant increase in the oxygen consumption was observed over the voluntary body temperature range of 30-40 degrees C.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008116:Lizards / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects*; D013696:Temperature; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine