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THE reaction of an animal to cold stress varies with the species and with the degree of stress imposed on the animal. Shields, Platner and Neubeiser1 have shown that the albino laboratory rat reacts to a cold stress (4.0° ± 2° C for 20 days) with a marked decrease in serum albumin. They regarded catabolism of albumin as the prime factor responsible for its fall in serum.
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BOPP, J., PLATNER, W. Effects of Cold Stress on Serum Protein Fractions of the Prairie Meadow Mouse. Nature 211, 634 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211634a0
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