TY - JOUR
T1 - Pyrogens fail to produce fever in the snakes Psammophis phillipsii and Lamprophis fuliginosus
AU - Zurovsky, Y.
AU - Brain, T.
AU - Laburn, H.
AU - Mitchell, D.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - 1. 1. Preferred body temperature of five diurnal,Psammophis phillipsii and three nocturnal, Lamprophis fuliginosus, snakes was measured in a thermal gradient chamber by indwelling colonic thermocouples, before and after injection of a variety of pyrogens. 2. 2. The snakes achieved their preferred body temperature by moving up and down in the gradient chamber; it was about 33°C for P. phillipsii and 25°C for L. fuliginosus. 3. 3. The snakes did not develop fever in response to any of the pyrogens, whether gram-negative or gram-positive in origin, either on the day of injection or on the subsequent day. 4. 4. We believe that fever is rare amongst reptiles.
AB - 1. 1. Preferred body temperature of five diurnal,Psammophis phillipsii and three nocturnal, Lamprophis fuliginosus, snakes was measured in a thermal gradient chamber by indwelling colonic thermocouples, before and after injection of a variety of pyrogens. 2. 2. The snakes achieved their preferred body temperature by moving up and down in the gradient chamber; it was about 33°C for P. phillipsii and 25°C for L. fuliginosus. 3. 3. The snakes did not develop fever in response to any of the pyrogens, whether gram-negative or gram-positive in origin, either on the day of injection or on the subsequent day. 4. 4. We believe that fever is rare amongst reptiles.
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U2 - 10.1016/0300-9629(87)90014-4
DO - 10.1016/0300-9629(87)90014-4
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C2 - 2887389
AN - SCOPUS:0023087463
SN - 0300-9629
VL - 87
SP - 911
EP - 914
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology
IS - 4
ER -