Bradycardia in armadillos experimentally covered with soil.
Chaetophractus villosus is able to maintain efficient respiratory movements when its nostrils are experimentally covered with soil. Under these conditions, a progressive bradycardia develops. It would depend on hypothermia and asphyxia.
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Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
García Samartino
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Affanni
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos / Q000502:physiology*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D001831:Body Temperature; D006339:Heart Rate; D000860:Hypoxia; D007700:Kinetics; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012119:Respiration; D012987:Soil
D012987:Soil; D010100:Oxygen