Mammals

Mammals aims to present separate accounts of the means by which each of the major groups of animals regulates its body temperature, heat production, and heat loss. Readers who wish to obtain information on thermoregulatory processes in different species will welcome this as a convenient reference work. It is hoped that the treatise will have more than convenience value.
This volume comprises five chapters, with the first focusing on rodents. It discusses the thermal environment of rodents, thermal behavior, and precision of homeothermy. Chapter 2 focuses on carnivores and discusses general thermal defenses, protection against hypothermia and hyperthermia, and cold acclimation. Chapter 3 deals with body temperature, behavioral thermoregulation, and food and water intake of ungulates. Chapter 4 focuses on primates and discusses normal thermoregulation in the monkey, fever and other responses to pyrogens, and neurochemical control mechanisms in the hypothalamus. Finally, Chapter 5 discusses man's energy exchanges related to temperature and work, behavioral versus physiological temperature regulation, and a mathematical model of man's thermoregulatory system.
This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of physiology, epidemiology, biology, neuropsychology, and public health.

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List of Contributors
Preface
Contents of Volume I

1. Rodents
   I. Introduction
   II. Thermal Environment of Rodents
   III. Thermal Behavior
   IV. Precision of Homeothermy
   V. Temperature Regulation in Cold Environments
   VI. Temperature Regulation in Warm Environments
   VII. Activity and Temperature Regulation
   VIII. Altitude, Hypoxia, and Temperature Regulation
   IX. Sex Differences in Temperature Regulation
   X. Summary and Conclusions
   References
2. Carnivores
   I. Introduction
   II. General Thermal Defenses
   III. Protection against Hypothermia
   IV. Cold Acclimation
   V. Protection against Hyperthermia
   VI. Heat Acclimation
   VII. Thermoregulatory Importance of Hypothalamic Temperature
   References
3. Ungulates
   I. Introduction
   II. Body Temperature
   III. Heat Production
   IV. Heat Loss
   V. Behavioral Thermoregulation
   VI. Food and Water Intake
   VII. Thermoregulation in the Young Animal
   VIII. Conclusions
   References
4. Primates
   I. Introduction
   II. Normal Thermoregulation in the Monkey
   III. Behavioral Thermoregulation
   IV. Fever and Other Responses to Pyrogens
   V. Central Mechanisms of Thermoregulation
   VI. Neurochemical Control Mechanisms in the Hypothalamus
   VII. Conclusions
   References
5. Man
   I. Introduction
   II. Man's Energy Exchanges Related to Temperature and Work
   III. Physiological Temperature Regulation
   IV. Behavioral Temperature Regulation: Thermal Comfort and Temperature Sensations
   V. Behavioral versus Physiological Temperature Regulation
   VI.A Mathematical Model of Man's Thermoregulatory System
   References
   Author Index
   Subject Index