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P Hugh-Jones, C E Barter, J M Hime, M M Rusbridge.
Abstract
The ventilation, tidal volume and anatomical dead-space were measured in a living giraffe and compared with similar measurements in a camel, red deer, llama and man. The giraffe had a resting tidal volume of about 3.3 litres with a dead-space/tidal-volume ratio of 0.34. The giraffe breathes slowly, apparently because of the unusually small diameter of its trachea relative to its length, compared with known measurement in other mammals.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID： 734250 DOI： 10.1016/0034-5687(78)90040-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Respir Physiol ISSN： 0034-5687