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Thermal reference points as an index for monitoring body temperature in marine mammals

BACKGROUND: Monitoring body temperature is essential in veterinary care as minor variations may indicate dysfunction. Rectal temperature is widely used as a proxy for body temperature, but measuring it requires special equipment, training or restraining, and it potentially stresses animals. Infrared...

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Autores principales: Melero, Mar, Rodríguez-Prieto, Víctor, Rubio-García, Ana, García-Párraga, Daniel, Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26338544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1383-6