Body temperature and plasma arginine vasotocin in fowls adapted to high- and low-NaCl diets.
The effects of high- and low-NaCl diets on body temperature, plasma osmolality, plasma electrolytes and arginine vasotocin (AVT) were studied in the domestic fowl. Body temperature as a function of time increased or decreased significantly in the high- and low-NaCl groups respectively. Plasma osmolality, sodium and chloride concentrations and AVT concentration were significantly higher in the high-NaCl adapted group. An overall significant correlation was found between body temperature and plasma sodium-to-calcium ratio (r = 0.62). These findings support the concept of an altered hypothalamic thermoregulatory set-point, induced by changes in plasma sodium-to-calcium ratio.
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D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000097:blood*
D002712:Chlorides; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D014668:Vasotocin