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Suppose You Use Indirect Calorimetry to Estimate an Animal's Metabolic

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Suppose you use indirect calorimetry to estimate an animal's metabolic rate and you do not know what foodstuff the animal is oxidizing. Is it better to estimate energy use from O2 or CO2? Why?


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