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  • Title: The energetic cost of the fever response in three species of ectothermic vertebrates.
    Author: Muchlinski AE.
    Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol; 1985; 81(3):577-9. PubMed ID: 2863044.
    Abstract:
    Three species of ectothermic vertebrates: goldfish (Carassius auratus), green tree frogs (Hyla cinerea), and desert iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) were used in this study. Metabolic rates for each species were determined at the normal afebrile preferred body temperature and at the febrile preferred body temperature or other higher body temperatures. The febrile metabolic rate (or higher rate) was significantly greater than the afebrile metabolic rate (or lower rate) in each species. The average increase in energetic cost for goldfish and desert iguana was 64.5% while the increase for the green tree frog was between 24 and 70%.
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