Indirect calorimetry : techniques, computations and applications /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gerrits, W.J.J (Editor), Labussière, E. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, [2015]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Deriving heat production from gaseous exchange: validity of the approach
  • Design of climate respiration chambers, adjustable to the metabolic mass of subjects
  • Metabolic measurement techniques: baselining, mathematical correction of water vapour dilution and response correction
  • Modelling gas exchange to partition heat production between fasting, thermic effect of feeding and physical activity in farm animals
  • Moving from a complete energy balance towards substrate oxidation: use of stable isotopes
  • Indirect calorimetry for elucidating dynamics in energy metabolism of farm animals
  • Simultaneous measurement of energy expenditure and protein turnover in pigs
  • Quantifying physical activity heat in farm animals
  • Calorimeters for enteric methane measurements
  • The sulphur hexafluoride tracer technique for estimating enteric methane emissions from ruminants
  • Indirect calorimetry: assessing animal response to heat and cold stress
  • Indirect calorimetry during incubation of hatching eggs
  • Conducting indirect calorimetry studies in companion animals
  • Computing energy expenditure from indirect calorimetry data: a calculation exercise