The system described will permit quantitative physiological studies in adult monkeys, weighing from 8 to 14 kg, during future space flights. The system comprises a fiberglass pod containing a comfortable restraint couch for the animal. The pod is divided into upper and lower halves. When the monkey occupies the couch, a rubber belly-band forms a gas seal between the upper and lower portions of the animal. The upper-pod ventilating air stream is monitored for the partial pressures of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water to permit continuous metabolic gas-exchange measurements for computation of metabolic energy expediture. The lower pod is lined with ashless filter paper for excreta collection.
A monkey metabolism pod for space-flight weightlessness studies.
Plenary Meeting on The near ultraviolet spectrum of early type stars obtained with S 59 ; 1973 ; Konstanz, Germany
01.05.1973
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Postnatal development under conditions of simulated weightlessness and space flight
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