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PROLONGED blood-clotting in hibernating hamsters has been reported by Svihla et al. 1. In another experiment with ground squirrels2, it was concluded that the prothrombin-level decreased during hibernation, but the use of the one-stage prothrombin test for calculating prothrombin concentrations is questionable3. Suomalainen and Lehto4 found that both naturally and artificially dormant hedgehogs had an increased clotting-time and increased heparinocyte counts of the small intestine and bronchioles.
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DENYES, A., CARTER, J. Clotting-Time of Cold-exposed and Hibernating Hamsters. Nature 190, 450–451 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190450a0
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