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Indirect Calorimetry in Chair‐Adapted Primates
Author(s) -
Dempsey Daniel T.,
Crosby Lon O.,
Mullen James L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607186010003324
Subject(s) - respiratory quotient , energy expenditure , cardiorespiratory fitness , enteral administration , energy metabolism , parenteral nutrition , calorimetry , primate , medicine , intensive care medicine , physiology , respiratory system , biology , neuroscience , physics , thermodynamics
This paper describes the construction of an indirect calorimeter for measurement of respiratory gas exchange in the chaired primate. Preliminary determinations of energy expenditure and respiratory quotient in five animals under a variety of dietary conditions suggest that this system will prove useful in the laboratory study of primate nutrition, energy metabolism, and cardiorespiratory physiology. Other possible uses and limitations are discussed. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 10 : 324–327, 1986)