Temperature measurements of rabbit antral follicles

The temperature of 40 antral follicles in 16 rabbits was measured by microthermoelectrodes and by thermovision during anaesthesia. The temperature in the follicles was 2.8 +/- 0.2 degree C lower than the core body temperature and 1.4 +/- 0.2 degree C lower than in the ovarian stroma. No differences were observed between the temperatures obtained from large and small antral follicles, and different conditions of measurement gave similar results.