What traits make a metabolic champion? The environmental conditions and the response of large animals has been the subject of extensive research. Studies have evaluated the effects of food sources, acclimation, physiological state, and social interactions on animal productivity responses to the environment. Since adaptation of the animal to its environment requires regulation of body temperature, measurement of animal energetics reveals the extent and cost of adaptation.

Important System Considerations

  • Versatile setup for benchtop or field
  • Rugged compact design for field use
  • High resolution MR; VO2 max, RQ
  • Highest range and stability of CO2 measurement
  • Direct Measurement of water vapor pressure
  • High flow range from 100 to 1800 L/min

Sable Solutions

Multiplexed Large Animal Respirometry System

Sable Systems Classic Line solution for large animal respirometry provides to both researcher and animal the advantage of high-volume flow rates, variable flow options and quiet flow equipment. Automated multiplexing routes the ... (more)

Promethion High-Definition Large Animal System

In-vivo, whole-animal metabolic measurements of ruminants or other large animals is frequently the next necessary step for evaluation of hypotheses from in-vitro research. Whether your focus is on animal nutrition, or the ... (more)

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Relevant Publications

des Courtis, X., Wei, A., Kass, P. H., Fascetti, A. J., Graham, J. L., Havel, P. J., & Ramsey, J. J. (2014). Influence of dietary protein level on body composition and energy expenditure in calorically restricted overweight cats. Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition.

Dittmann, M. T., Runge, U., Lang, R. A., Moser, D., Galeffi, C., Kreuzer, M., & Clauss, M. (2014). Methane Emission by Camelids. PloS one, 9(4), e94363.

des Courtis, X., Wei, A., Kass, P. H., Fascetti, A. J., Graham, J. L., Havel, P. J., & Ramsey, J. J. (2014). Influence of dietary protein level on body composition and energy expenditure in calorically restricted overweight cats. Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition.

Dunkin, R. C., Wilson, D., Way, N., Johnson, K., & Williams, T. M. (2013). Climate influences thermal balance and water use in African and Asian elephants: physiology can predict drivers of elephant distribution. The Journal of experimental biology, 216(15), 2939-2952.

Miller, Benjamin F., Joshua C. Drake, Frederick F. Peelor III, Laurie M. Biela, Raymond J. Geor, Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Michael Davis, and Karyn L. Hamilton. “Participation in a 1000-mile race increases the oxidation of carbohydrate in Alaskan sled dogs.” Journal of Applied Physiology (2014): jap-00588.

Tsukahara, Y., Gipson, T. A., Puchala, R., Sahlu, T., & Goetsch, A. L. (2014). Effects of the number of animals per automated feeder and length and time of access on feed intake, growth performance, and behavior of yearling Boer goat wethers. Small Ruminant Research.

Seymour, R. S., Gienger, C. M., Brien, M. L., Tracy, C. R., Manolis, S. C., Webb, G. J., & Christian, K. A. (2013). Scaling of standard metabolic rate in estuarine crocodiles Crocodylus porosus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 183(4), 491-500.

Whiteman, John P., Katie A. Greller, Henry J. Harlow, Laura A. Felicetti, Karyn D. Rode, and Merav Ben-David. “Carbon isotopes in exhaled breath track metabolic substrates in brown bears (Ursus arctos).” Journal of Mammalogy 93, no. 2 (2012): 413-421.