STUDIES ON THE RESTING METABOLIC RATE OF THE YELLOW-BELLIED TRAGOPAN(Tragopan caboti)
黄腹角雉静止代谢率的研究

The resting metabolic rate was measured with Kalabakhov-Skortsov respirometer at different temperatures on the Yellow-bellied Tragopan (Tragopan caboti) chickens in development and their adults at different seasons. In a few days after hatching, the body temperature of the Yellow-bellied Tragopan varied with ambient temperature. Their chemical thermoregulation ability was established basically at about 9 days. The relationships between RMR and temperatures in the Yellow-bellied Tragopan adults were linear regression. The slope of regression equations for spring, summer and autumn were insignificantly different. It is supposed that the chemical thermoregulation ability of the Yellow-bellied Tragopan was insignificantly different among the three seasons. The metabolic levels are insignificantly different among seasons too.