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*** Response to stress
 
*** Response to stress
 
*** Blood bypasses kidney
 
*** Blood bypasses kidney
***This means if the animal is stressed and is injected in the caudal half of the body the drug will have greater effects as it will not be filtered
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=====Significance=====
***If the animal is not stressed most of the drug will be potentially lost in the urine before it has time to act
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*This means if the animal is stressed and is injected in the caudal half of the body the drug will have greater effects as it will not be filtered
***This is why it is best to inject them in the cranial half of the body
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*If the animal is not stressed most of the drug will be potentially lost in the urine before it has time to act it may also be toxic to the kidney as it has not been metabolised by the liver
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*This is why it is best to inject them in the cranial half of the body
    
====Reptilian Salt Glands====
 
====Reptilian Salt Glands====
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