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J Appl Physiol 69: 1946-1952, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 69, Issue 6 1946-1952, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Cold-induced changes in breathing pattern as a strategy to reduce respiratory heat loss

D. A. Diesel, A. Tucker and D. Robertshaw
Department of Physiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.

Thermoregulatory benefits of cold-induced changes in breathing pattern and mechanism(s) by which cold induces hypoventilation were investigated using male Holstein calves (1-3 mo old). Effects of ambient temperatures (Ta) between 4 and 18 degrees C on ventilatory parameters and respiratory heat loss (RHL) were determined in four calves. As Ta decreased, respiratory frequency decreased 29%, tidal volume increased 35%, total ventilation and RHL did not change, and the percentage of metabolic rate attributed to RHL decreased 26%. Total ventilation was stimulated by increasing inspired CO2 in six calves (Ta 4-6 degrees C), and a positive relationship existed between respiratory frequency and expired air temperature. Therefore, cold-exposed calves conserve respiratory heat by decreasing expired air temperature and dead space ventilation. Compared with thermoneutral exposure (16-18 degrees C), hypoventilation was induced by airway cold exposure (4-6 degrees C) alone and by exposing the body but not the airways to cold. Blocking nasal thermoreceptors with topical lidocaine during airway cold exposure prevented the ventilatory response but did not lower hypothalamic temperature. Hypothalamic cooling (Ta 16-18 degrees C) did not produce a ventilatory response. Thus, airway temperature but not hypothalamic temperature appears to control ventilation in cold-exposed calves.


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