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Changes in the blood-gas status of sheep with experimentally induced heartwater
S R Van Amstel1, F Reyers, E Myburgh
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
The blood-gas status of seven sheep with experimentally induced heartwater during the acute and terminal stages was investigated. Changes in blood gas included a decline in arterial oxygen tension (pO2) combined with a respiratory alkalosis. Although the sheep became hypoxaemic, blood-gas changes associated with respiratory failure were not observed.