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  • Title: Comparison of the effector mechanisms during endotoxin fever in the adult rabbit.
    Author: Szelényi Z, Székely M.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Acad Sci Hung; 1979; 54(1):33-41. PubMed ID: 397721.
    Abstract:
    In unanaesthetized adult rabbits an intravenous dose of E. coli endotoxin evoked a febrile rise in colonic temperature at ambient temperatures of 9 to 31 degrees C. The rise in colonic temperature and oxygen consumption did not depend on the ambient temperature, while, among the heat loss effectors, in warmer environments only the depression of respiratory heat loss and in cooler environments only ear skin vasoconstriction contributed to the febrile rise in colonic temperature. In moderately warm environments the endotoxin first induced a maximum inhibition of respiratory frequency and this was followed by vasoconstriction. Later, a transient rise in oxygen consumption occurred. During defervescence the timing of the effectors was reversed. The results showed that a febrile response is not necessarily characterized by simultaneous changes in the thermoregulatory effector mechanisms.
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