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THE relative effects of clipping and spraying on evaporative and non-evaporative cooling have been measured on rabbits at an elevated air- and body-temperature. Under such conditions most of the heat loss is by evaporative cooling.
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JOHNSON, H., CHENG, C. & RAGSDALE, A. Effects of Clipping and Spraying on Various Homœothermic Responses of Rabbits at an Elevated Environmental Temperature. Nature 181, 842–843 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181842a0
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