Van Amstel, S.R.Reyers, FredMyburgh, ElsbeVerwoerd, Daniel Wynand2014-01-222014-01-2220131994Van Amstel, SR, Reyers, F & Myburgh, E 1994, 'Changes in the blood-gas status of sheep with experimentally induced heartwater’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 45-49.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33069The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The blood-gas status of seven sheep with experimentally induced heartwater during the acute and terminal stages was investigated. Changes in blood gas included a decline in arterial oxygen tension (pO₂) combined with a respiratory alkalosis. Although the sheep became hypoxaemic, blood-gas changes associated with respiratory failure were not observed.en© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle