dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorToledo, L. F.
dc.creatorAbe, Augusto Shinya
dc.creatorAndrade, D. V.
dc.date2014-05-20T15:21:31Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:54:58Z
dc.date2014-05-20T15:21:31Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:54:58Z
dc.date2003-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-05T23:31:48Z
dc.date.available2017-04-05T23:31:48Z
dc.identifierPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology. Chicago: Univ Chicago Press, v. 76, n. 2, p. 240-246, 2003.
dc.identifier1522-2152
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/32650
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/32650
dc.identifier10.1086/374300
dc.identifierWOS:000183582300009
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/374300
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/876942
dc.descriptionWe investigated the combined effect of meal size and temperature on the aerobic metabolism and energetics of digestion in Boa constrictor amarali. Oxygen uptake rates ((V) over dot o(2)) and the. duration of the digestion were determined in snakes fed with meals equaling to 5%, 10%, 20%, and 40% of the snake's body mass at 25degrees and 30 degreesC. The maximum (V) over dot o(2) values attained during digestion were greater at 30 degreesC than at 25 degreesC. Both maximal (V) over dot (o2) values and the duration of the specific dynamic action. (SDA) were attained sooner at 30 degreesC than at 25 degreesC. Therefore, the temperature effect on digestion in Boa is characterized by the shortening of the SDA duration at the expense of increased. Energy allocated to SDA was not affected by meal size but. was greater at 25 degreesC compared to 30 degreesC. This indicates that a postprandial thermophilic response can be advantageous not only by decreasing the duration of digestion but also by improving digestive efficiency. Maximal (V) over dot o(2) and SDA duration. increased with meal size at both temperatures.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniv Chicago Press
dc.relationPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.titleTemperature and meal size effects on the postprandial metabolism and energetics in a boid snake
dc.typeOtro


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