title: Blood pressure responses of wild giraffes studied by radio telemetry.
abstract: Blood pressure was telemetered from transducers chronically implanted in the carotid arteries of two adult, wild, male giraffes captured and released near Kiboko, Kenya. Cerebral perfusion pressure ranged from 280/180 mm-Hg while the animal was lying with its head on the ground to 125/75 mm-Hg when it was standing erect; it varied between these levels during spontaneous activity such as walking, grazing, and running.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Van Citters
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kemper
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franklin