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The Pyrogenic Responses of Non-mammalian Vertebrates

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Pyretics and Antipyretics

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 60))

Abstract

Vertebrate animals can be classified on the basis of their thermoregulatory mechanisms into endotherms and ectotherms. Endotherms produce a significant quantity of internal heat through relatively high and controllable rates of aerobic metabolism, while at the same time having a relatively low but variable thermal conductance, so that their major source of body heat is internal (Reynolds 1979). The only non-mammalian vertebrate class which is primarily endothermic is the class Aves, the birds. Some fishes (tunas and lamnid sharks), and some large varanid lizards and brooding pythons among the reptiles also show a limited degree of endothermy; but by and large, lower vertebrates (Reptilia, Amphibia, Osteichthyes, Chondrichthyes, Agnatha) are ectothermic (Reynolds 1979). Ectotherms have relatively low rates of metabolic heat production and relatively high thermal conductance (i.e. poor thermal insulation), so that most metabolic heat is rapidly lost to the environment. The major source of body heat is external; i.e. the body temperature differs little from the temperature of the environment.

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Reynolds, W.W., Casterlin, M.E. (1982). The Pyrogenic Responses of Non-mammalian Vertebrates. In: Milton, A.S. (eds) Pyretics and Antipyretics. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68569-9_19

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