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SUBMITTER: Tattersall GJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5046907 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tattersall Glenn J GJ Roussel Damien D Voituron Yann Y Teulier Loïc L
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20160901 1839
This study aimed to examine thermoregulatory responses in birds facing two commonly experienced stressors, cold and fasting. Logging devices allowing long-term and precise access to internal body temperature were placed within the gizzards of ducklings acclimated to cold (CA) (5°C) or thermoneutrality (TN) (25°C). The animals were then examined under three equal 4-day periods: ad libitum feeding, fasting and re-feeding. Through the analysis of daily as well as short-term, or ultradian, variation ...[more]