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. 1967 Jul;191(1):131–140. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1967.sp008241

The relation of blood volume to body weight and arterial haemoglobin levels in rabbits

Joan C Mott
PMCID: PMC1365443  PMID: 6050610

Abstract

1. Relative blood volume (ml./kg) of rabbits calculated from total circulating haemoglobin and blood haemoglobin concentration decreases rapidly during the first few weeks of life and more slowly thereafter.

2. In anaemic rabbits over 1 kg body weight, relative blood volume is significantly increased.

3. Rabbits under 1 kg body weight have larger blood volumes than would be expected from their anaemia alone, were the relationship deduced in rabbits over 1 kg in body weight applicable. Blood volume was not related to haemoglobin concentration in these immature rabbits.

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