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Baggott GK. Moult, flight muscle “hypertrophy” and premigratory lipid deposition of the juvenile Willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus. J Zool (1987) 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1975.tb01404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ophir E, Arieli Y, Raber P, Marder J. The role of beta-adrenergic receptors in the cutaneous water evaporation mechanism in the heat-acclimated pigeon (Columba livia). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2000; 125:63-74. [PMID: 10779732 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(99)00158-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The effects of selective and non-selective beta-adrenergic agents on cutaneous water evaporation (CWE) were studied in hand-reared rock pigeons (Columba livia). CWE was measured by the vapor diffusive resistance method, using a transient porometer. Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections of a non-selective beta-adrenergic antagonist (propranolol) or a selective beta(2)-adrenergic antagonist (ICI-118551) to heat-acclimated (HAc) pigeons at ambient temperature (T(a)) of 24 degrees C resulted in intensive CWE. The CWE values that were triggered by propranolol and ICI-118551 (18.59+/-0.73 and 16.48+/-0.70 mg cm(-2) h(-1), respectively) were close to those induced by heat exposure (17.62+/-1.40 mg cm(-2) h(-1)). Subcutaneous administration of propranolol produced local response. Intramuscular injection of salbutamol (selective beta(2)-adrenergic agonist) to HAc pigeons drastically diminished CWE induced by either propranolol, metoprolol or heat exposure. Such manipulations also enhanced panting at relatively low T(a)s (42 degrees C). The inhibition of beta(1)-adrenergic receptors by metoprolol increased CWE, while inhibition by atenolol produced no change from basal values. This difference may be attributed to their distinctive nature in penetrating the blood-brain barrier. Our findings indicate a regulatory pathway for CWE consisting of both beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenergic receptors. We suggest that the beta(1)-adrenergic effect is restricted mainly to the CNS, while the beta(2)-adrenergic effect takes place at the effector level. We postulate this level to be either the cutaneous microvasculature or the epidermal layer.
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- E Ophir
- Department of Cell and Animal Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Mills AD, Crawford LL, Domjan M, Faure JM. The behavior of the Japanese or domestic quail Coturnix japonica. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1997; 21:261-81. [PMID: 9168263 DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(96)00028-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This paper reviews the literature pertaining to the behavior of the Japanese or domestic quail Coturnix japonica. Details are given of the classification, characteristics, domestication and the economic and research potential of the species. Further sections deal with sensation and perception (including taste and smell, vision and hearing), maintenance behavior (including feeding and drinking, dust bathing and thermoregulation), development and aging (including vocalization, filial imprinting, sexual imprinting, fear and avoidance responses, sexual maturation and aging), adult learning (including habituation, instrumental conditioning, Pavlovian conditioning and observational learning), photoperiodism, reproductive behavior (including courtship and mating, hormonal control and ontogeny of sexual differentiation, and male and female sexual behavior), parental behavior (including nest-site selection and nest building, incubation behavior and its hormonal control, and hen-chick relationships), and aggressive behavior and dominance (including agonistic behavior and the hormonal control of aggressive behavior).
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- A D Mills
- Station de Recherches Avicoles, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Tours -- Nouzilly, France.
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John TM, Viswanathan M, Etches RJ, Pilo B, George JC. Influence of corticosterone infusion on plasma levels of catecholamines, thyroid hormones, and certain metabolites in laying hens. Poult Sci 1987; 66:1059-63. [PMID: 3658882 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0661059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Corticosterone was infused continuously through subcutaneously implanted mini-osmotic pumps into laying White Leghorn hens at the rate of 30 micrograms/hr for 14 or 28 days. In both groups receiving corticosterone, plasma levels of glucose and triglycerides were not altered significantly. Circulating levels of cholesterol and free fatty acids increased significantly following both 14 and 28-day infusions of the hormone. Corticosterone treatment for 28 days produced significant increases in plasma levels of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). However, following the 14-day corticosterone infusion, only T3 showed significant increase. The T3:T4 ratio in both groups of corticosterone-infused hens was significantly higher than in control hens. The concentration of plasma epinephrine showed no significant response to corticosterone treatment, while norepinephrine increased significantly following both periods of treatment.
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- T M John
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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John TM, Pilo B, George JC, Scanes CG. Effect of vagotomy on plasma levels of growth hormone, free fatty acids and glucose in the pigeon. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE ET DE BIOCHIMIE 1985; 93:249-53. [PMID: 2416292 DOI: 10.3109/13813458509069927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Plasma levels of growth hormone (GH), free fatty acids (FFA) and glucose were measured in vagotomized (VgX) and sham-operated (VgS) control pigeons. In VgX pigeons, GH level was significantly lower whereas FFA and glucose levels were higher than in VgS pigeons. The depression in GH level in VgX pigeons has been attributed to the significantly high levels of norepinephrine (NE) and corticosterone in these Birds. The higher plasma FFA concentration in VgX pigeons was therefore due to adipokinetic hormonal action other than of GH. It has been suggested that the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and/or NE could have produced the increase in plasma FFA in VgX pigeons. The pronounced hyperglycemia seen in VgX pigeons has been attributed to catecholamine action in the absence of the vagal tone.
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Clark WG, Clark YL. Changes in body temperature after administration of adrenergic and serotonergic agents and related drugs including antidepressants. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1980; 4:281-375. [PMID: 7001289 DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(80)90002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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This survey, the third in a series, presents extensive tabulations of literature, primarily since 1965, on thermoregulatory effects of adrenergic and serotonergic agonists and their antagonists including ergot alkaloids, amphetamines, tryptamines, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic and other antidepressants, a variety of other agents which alter presynaptic aminergic mechanisms including reserpine, 6-hydroxydopamine, p-chlorophenylalanine, alpha-methyltyrosines, cocaine, guanethidine and bretylium. The information listed includes the species used, route of administration and dose of drug, the environmental temperature at which the experiments were performed, the number of tests, the direction and magnitude of body temperature change and remarks on the presence of special conditions, such as age or lesions, or on the influence of other drugs, such as antagonists, on the response to the primary drug.
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Hissa R, George JC. Propranolol-induced hemodynamic changes and thermogenesis in the pigeon. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C: COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY 1980; 66C:65-70. [PMID: 6104560 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4492(80)90073-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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1. The effects of propranolol (10 mg/kg) on plasma cholesterol, glucose, corticosterone and free fatty acids, on adrenal mass and cholesterol content and on body temperature were determined over a 24-h period in 3-week-old Light Sussex chicks. 2. Changes in plasma cholesterol were equivocal, though there was perhaps a trend towards hypercholesteraemia. 3. Birds became hypoglycaemic within an hour but were hyperglycaemic between 2 and 4 h. At 24 h they were normoglycaemic. 4. Plasma corticosterone was increased markedly at 1 h but was decreased compared with the control at 2 h ( P < 0.01). Thereafter the concentration was in the normal range. 5. There was an enhanced hyperlipacidaemia in the treated birds after 1 h. 6. Adrenal cholesterol stores were decreased by 10% at 4 h but were unaffected at all other times. 7. Colonic temperature decreased by 1x6 degrees C after 2 h but was normal by 4 h. 8. It is concluded that propranolol has mild stressor activity which is lost within 24 h.
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Saarela S, Hissa R. Effect of propranolol-induced changes in catecholamine concentration and monoamine oxidase activity on temperature regulation in the chick. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1980; 11:307-13. [PMID: 7390131 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(80)90046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Arieli A, Berman A, Meltzer A. Cold thermogenesis in the summer-acclimatized and cold-acclimated domestic fowl. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/0306-4492(79)90121-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hissa R, George JC, Etches RJ, Saarela S. Effects of peripheral noradrenaline administration on certain blood metabolite and hormonal levels in the pigeon. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1979; 10:397-403. [PMID: 499742 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(79)90078-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Parker GH. Changes in muscle, liver, and plasma free fatty acid levels in the pigeon on acute exposure to cold. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE ET DE BIOCHIMIE 1978; 86:771-7. [PMID: 84555 DOI: 10.3109/13813457809069529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Adult pigeons were subjected to acute cold exposure (-25 degrees C; 30 min). Fully-plumed birds, showed a pronounced increase in the level of FFA in the blood, but not in the liver or muscle. Partially-defeathered (dorsum and pectoral regions) birds, likewise, showed a marked increase in plasma FFA level but failed to indicate any change in FFA levels in the liver or the muscle. It is concluded that even if the mobilized FFA may have supported calorigenic processes in the normothermic cold-exposed pigeon, lipid reserves are unlikely to have served as a significant source of energy for thermogenic functions in the hypothermic (defeathered) bird.
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Braganza A, Wilson WO. Effect of acute and chronic elevated air temperatures, constant (34 degrees) and cyclic (10--34 degrees), on brain and heart norepinephrine of male Japanese quail. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1978; 36:233-7. [PMID: 738597 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(78)90028-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Arieli A, Berman A, Meltzer A. Indication for nonshivering thermogenesis in the adult fowl (Gallus domesticus). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C: COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY 1978; 60:33-6. [PMID: 26503 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4492(78)90023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lipolysis and its significance in the response to cold of the neonatal fowl, Gallus domesticus. J Therm Biol 1977. [DOI: 10.1016/0306-4565(77)90021-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pyörnilä A, Hissa R, Saarela S. Effect of adrenergic blocing agents on peripheral noradrenaline induced thermoregulatory responses in the pigeon at heat. Pflugers Arch 1976; 365:167-70. [PMID: 988554 DOI: 10.1007/bf01067014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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1. The hyperthermic effect of intramuscular NA at 32 degrees C was abolished by propranolol but not by phentolamine preinjection. 2. The lack of hyperthermic response was at least partly due to the blocking effect of propranolol on beta-receptor mediated in heart rate. 3. After NA the respiratory rate was gradually increased in birds preinjected either with propranolol or with phentolamine.
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Parker GH, George JC. Changes in blood glucose, blood and muscle lactate,and plasma lactic dehydrogenase levels in the pigeon on acute exposure to cold. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE ET DE BIOCHIMIE 1976; 84:517-26. [PMID: 64141 DOI: 10.3109/13813457609078572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Adult pigeons were subjected to acute cold exposure (-25 degrees C; 30 min) after which the levels of blood glucose, blood and muscle lactate and plasma lactic dehydrogenase were measured. Partially defeathered (dorsum and pectoral regions) birds, following exposure to cold, showed marked reduction in blood glucose and blood and muscle (pectoralis) lactate. Fully plumed birds, in contrast, showed no significant reduction in body temperature or blood glucose and only moderately reduced lactate levels indicating the effectiveness of the insulative feather coat in maintaining thermal and metabolic homeostasis. The partially-defeathered pigeons exposed to cold showed a two-to-three-fold increase in plasma lactic dehydrogenase activity, which may reflect a molecular adaptation in their calorigenic response to cold.
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Hissa R, Saarela S, Pyörnilä A. Thermoregulatory effects of peripheral injections of monoamines on the pigeon. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C: COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY 1975; 51:235-41. [PMID: 241582 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4492(75)90067-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Changes in plasma, liver and muscle metabolite levels in Japanese quail exposed to different cold stress situations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1975. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00691050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kovach JK. The behaviour of Japanese quail: Review of literature from a bioethological perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-3762(74)90010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Palokangas R, Vihko V. On the effects of noradrenaline, propranolol and corticosterone on the concentration of free fatty acids in the plasma of the titmouse (Parus major L.). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1971; 40:813-8. [PMID: 5133349 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(71)90155-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Hissa R, Hirsimäki P. Calorigenic effects of noradrenaline and inderal in the temperature-acclimated golden hamster. COMPARATIVE AND GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1971; 2:217-24. [PMID: 5162664 DOI: 10.1016/0010-4035(71)90014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Palokangas R, Hissa R. Thermoregulation in young black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1971. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(71)90215-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heldmaier G. Zitterfreie W�rmebildung und K�rpergr��e bei S�ugetieren. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 1971. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00304134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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