Respiration

RECORDING OF RESPIRATION
  • The respiratory movements bring about ventilation of the lungs. The movements are regulated by respiratory centers which receive impulses from peripheral and central chemoreceptors and from mechanoreceptors in the lungs and thoracic wall.
  • Frequency of respiration increases with incraese in temperature thus playing arole in thermoregulation
  • The respiratory movements are influenced by both environment and behaviour.

How will you check the respiration as and when the animal is brought to you?

  • movement of ribs, sternum and abdomen (standing animal)
  • movement of the nasal alae

What can we look for?  
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