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The relation of blood volume to body weight and arterial haemoglobin levels in rabbits
Author(s) -
Mott Joan C.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1967.sp008241
Subject(s) - body weight , blood volume , hemoglobin , arterial blood , volume (thermodynamics) , hematocrit , medicine , endocrinology , physiology , zoology , chemistry , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
1. Relative blood volume (ml./kg) of rabbits calculated from total circulating haemoglobin and blood haemoglobin concentration decreases rapidly during the first few weeks of life and more slowly thereafter. 2. In anaemic rabbits over 1 kg body weight, relative blood volume is significantly increased. 3. Rabbits under 1 kg body weight have larger blood volumes than would be expected from their anaemia alone, were the relationship deduced in rabbits over 1 kg in body weight applicable. Blood volume was not related to haemoglobin concentration in these immature rabbits.