Changes in the blood-gas status of sheep with experimentally induced heartwater.
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.
Van Amstel
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
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Myburgh
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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
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen