Apr. i, 1921 
Observations on the Body Temperature of Dry Cows 23 
to 11.15 a. m. in the former case appear to be due largely to a change 
from a standing to a lying position, while the subsequent sudden rise at 
11.24 a. m. is apparently due largely to the change from a lying to a 
Fig. 30.— Temperature curve of cow 886 for January 13, 
1920, 2 p. m. to 4.22 p. m., including effects of change in 
position. From 2 p. m. to 3.20 p. m. forced to get up; 
3.22 p. m. immediately after defecating, urinating with 
thermometer in rectum; 3.52 p. m. lying since 3.48 p. 
m.; 4.16 p. m. just got up; 4-22 p. m. still up. 
Fig. 31.—Temperature curve of cow 
886 for January 15, 1920, 3.30 p. m. 
to s p. m., including effects of change 
in position. At 3.30 p. m. lying; 
3.32 p. m. forced to get up; 3-40 P« 
m. to s p. m. standing; 4.15 p. m. 
urinated with thermometer in rec¬ 
tum. 
standing position. In the second case the sudden rise from 2 p. m. to 
2.06 p. in. appears to be due to the change from a lying to a standing 
position, while the subsequent drop at 2.24 p. m. apparently represents 
Fig. 33.“Tcmp€rature curve of cow 886 on January 30, 1920, 2 p. m. to 4.50 p. m., including effects of 
change in position. At 2 p. m. lying; 2.43 p. m. to 4.50 p. m. standing. 
the effect of the change from the standing to a lying position and also 
perhaps the tendency for the body temperature to come back to normal. 
It should be noted that in both cases the effect is not lasting. 
Fig. 33.—Temperature curve of cow 886 on February 16, 1920, 2.15 p. m. to 5 p. m., including effects of 
position. From 2.15 p. m. to 5 p. m. standing. 
A careful study of figures 30 to 35 reveals that, in general, the posi¬ 
tion of the animal hardly affects the normal course of the fluctuations 
of its body temperature, for, while the fluctuations were considerable 
