title: Changes in the blood-gas status of sheep with experimentally induced heartwater.
abstract: The blood-gas status of seven sheep with experimentally induced heartwater during the acute and terminal stages was investigated. Changes in blood gas included a decline in arterial oxygen tension (pO2) combined with a respiratory alkalosis. Although the sheep became hypoxaemic, blood-gas changes associated with respiratory failure were not observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Van Amstel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reyers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Myburgh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D005334:Fever / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary; D006357:Heartwater Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis; D012119:Respiration; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen