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A positive fever response in Agama agama and Sceloporus orcutti (Reptilia: Agamidae and iguanidae) by Carlos E. Ortega; Danielle S. Stranc; Michael P. Casal; Guy M. Halman; Alan E. Muchlinski is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Three species of lizards (Agama agama, Mabuya perrotetii, and Sceloporus orcutti) were tested for a possible increase in mean selected body temperature (MSBT) in response to intraperitoneal injection of alcohol-killed Aeromonas sobria, a gram-negative bacterium known to be pathogenic to reptiles. A paired experimental design was utilized in which each animal was given an injection of sterile saline and 1.10(10) A. sobria. Body temperatures were monitored via indwelling cloacal thermocouples at 4-min intervals for one 12-h light period under saline injection and for two consecutive 12-h light periods under bacteria injection. Agama agama demonstrated a significant increase in MSBT on both day 1 and day 2 of bacteria injection with increases of 2.7 and 2.3 degrees C, respectively. The latency period on day 1 averaged 6.4 h. Sceloporus orcutti demonstrated a significant decrease in MSBT on day 1 of bacteria injection and a significant increase in MSBT of 1.0 degree C on day 2 of bacteria injection. No fever was evident in S. orcutti until the beginning of day 2. Mabuya perrotetii did not exhibit a significant change in MSBT on either day 1 or day 2 of bacteria injection. Agama agama (
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- Author
- Carlos E. Ortega; Danielle S. Stranc; Michael P. Casal; Guy M. Halman; Alan E. Muchlinski
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0174-1578)
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Life Sciences)