Alligator mississippiensis
Characterization of Chitotriosidase Enzyme Activity in the Serum of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
... American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) using a fluorometric ...probe. Alligator serum exhibited vo- lume-dependent activity, with activity ...1:30. Alligator serum ChT showed ...
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Terrestrial locomotion does not constrain venous return in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
... The effects of treadmill exercise on components of the cardiovascular (heart rate, mean arterial blood pressure, central venous pressure, venous return) and respiratory (minute ventilation, tidal volume, breathing ...
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Seasonal acclimatisation of muscle metabolic enzymes in a reptile (Alligator mississippiensis)
... Alligators Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801) were captured by noose in the wild at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA, USA (29°40′ N, 92°50′ W) in July 2001 (summer; N=31; 14 males and 16 females + ...
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The Role of Ca²⁺ and K⁺ in the Regulatory Volume Decrease Mechanism of Alligator mississippiensis Erythrocytes
... All cells need to maintain a state of homeostasis in order to perform the functions necessary to sustain life. Osmotic homeostasis is especially important in animal cells because they lack a cell wall and are often faced ...
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The tale of the tail: limb function and locomotor mechanics in Alligator mississippiensis
... American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) during high ...does Alligator partition the roles of body mass support, braking and propulsive effort, and mediolateral stability among its ...
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Ventilation and gas exchange during treadmill locomotion in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
... (Carrier, 1987a,b). Later studies confirmed that low rates of costal ventilation during locomotion can limit gas exchange for lepidosaurs with a sprawling posture (Owerkowicz et al., 1999; Wang et al., 1997). ...
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Contribution of active atrial contraction to cardiac output in anesthetized American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
... Despite Harvey ’ s initial advancements, the role of atrial contraction in ectothermic vertebrate hearts remains considerably less understood. Given the relatively short ventricular diastole in reptiles, which coincides ...
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Lymphoid follicular cloacal inflammation associated with a novel herpesvirus in juvenile alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
... Abstract. Multifocal hyperemic nodules and plaques associated with the cloacal mucosa of juvenile alli- gators (Alligator mississippiensis) at a public aquarium were investigated. Grossly, pale pink to dark ...
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Structure and function of the esophagus of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
... Esophageal structure and function were studied in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). The anatomy of alligators differs from humans in several important aspects: the crocodilian ...
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Effects of feeding on arterial blood gases in the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis
... al., 1981) and whole blood (Jensen et al., 1998) reveal that two bicarbonate ions are bound upon deoxygenation. Furthermore, organic phosphates (i.e. ATP, GTP and IPP) affect blood oxygen-affinity only when [Cl − ] is ...
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Cardiovascular development in embryos of the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis: effects of chronic and acute hypoxia
... American alligator Alligator mississippiensis Daudin were collected from field nests in the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge at Grand Chenier, LA, ...
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Calcium and Cell Volume Regulation in Alligator Mississippiensis Erythrocytes
... American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) red blood cells’ (RBCs) volume was measured electronically with a Coulter Counter® following hypotonic shock ...by alligator RBCs depends on ...
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Surgical removal of right to left cardiac shunt in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) causes ventricular enlargement but does not alter apnoea or metabolism during diving
... ( Alligator mississippiensis ) by surgically occluding the left aorta (LAo; arising from right ventricle) upstream and downstream of the foramen of Panizza (FoP), and we tested the hypotheses that this ...
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In vivo locomotor strain in the hindlimb bones of alligator mississippiensis and iguana iguana: implications for the evolution of limb bone safety factor and non sprawling limb posture
... American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the green iguana (Iguana iguana), species from the non-parasagittal end of the kinematic continuum and from previously unsampled phylogenetic ...
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Effect of temperature on central chemical control of ventilation in the alligator Alligator mississippiensis
... Central chemoreceptor function was assessed in unanesthetized alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, at body temperatures of 15, 25 and 35˚C. Two experiments were performed. In the first experiment, the ...
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Functional morphology of the Alligator mississippiensis larynx with implications for vocal production
... American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) displays a large vocal repertoire during mating and in parent – offspring ...tests, alligator vocal folds demonstrated a linear stress – strain ...
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Effects of chronic exposure to 12‰ saltwater on the endocrine physiology of juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
... American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) habitats are prone to saltwater intrusion following major storms, hurricanes or droughts. Anthropogenic impacts affecting hydrology of freshwater ...
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Rib kinematics during lung ventilation in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): an XROMM analysis
... In the present study, the skeletal kinematics of ventilation in the American alligator [Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1802)] are analysed using marker-based XROMM. These observations will allow ...
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Home range and movements of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in an estuary habitat
... study of American alligator home ranges in marsh habitat, researchers used radio transmitters to conduct intensive daily and weekly tracking [8]. However, such tracking is lo- gistically challenging for monitoring ...
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Skeletochronology and isotopic analysis of a captive individual of Alligator mississippiensis Daudin, 1802
... Hutton (1986) and later Tucker (1997) estimated the age of wild crocodilians from the skeletochronology of growth marks in osteoderms. Both pointed out that osteoderms of egg-laying females are not well suited for ...
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