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Table 1.

Body mass, meal size, standard metabolic rate (SMR), and postfeeding metabolic measures of peak oxygen consumption(V̇_O₂),scope of peakV̇_O₂, duration, specific dynamic action (SDA) and SDA coefficient of Burmese pythons (Python molurus) in response to five meal treatments

	Meal treatment
Variable	Intact rat	Steak	Ground rat	Liquid meal	Infused ground rat	P
Body mass (g)	2394±341^a	2316±434^a	2429±192^a	5240±509^b	1673±275^a	<0.0001
N	5	6	6	4	4
Meal size (% of body mass)	25.0±0.1	25.3±0.02	25.0±0.0	25.0±0.0	25.0±0.0	0.41
SMR (ml h^-1)	56.6±7.8	56.8±8.5	57.5±4.4	111.6±7.1	49.4±4.5	0.53
SMR (ml h^-1) adjusted to 2400 g	56.6±7.8	58.4±1.8	57.2±2.5	66.0±1.4	64.2±2.6	0.052
SMR (ml g^-1 h^-1)	0.024±0.001^a	0.025±0.001^a,b	0.024±0.001^a	0.022±0.001^a	0.031±0.003^b	0.008
Peak V̇_O₂ (ml h^-1)	963±145^a	781±160^a,b	681±68^b	867±68^a	229±24^c	<0.0001
Peak V̇_O₂ (ml h^-1) adjusted to 2400 g	965±48^a	797±77^a,b	672±34^b	433±25^c	328±29^c	<0.0001
Peak V̇_O₂ (ml g^-1 h^-1)	0.402±0.021^a	0.330±0.031^a,b	0.278±0.013^b	0.166±0.010^c	0.139±0.011^c	<0.0001
Scope of peak V̇_O₂	16.8±0.6^a	13.2±1.5^b	11.7±0.7^b	7.7±0.58^c	4.5±0.2^c	<0.0001
Duration (days)	8	6	6	6	6
SDA (kJ)	1259±174^a	1111±203^a,b	943±87^b	1196±92^a	289±38^c	<0.0001
SDA (kJ) adjusted to 2400 g	1269±47^a	1154±48^a	938±54^b	549±29^c	422±18^c	<0.0001
SDA (kJ kg^-1)	528±19^a	480±20^a	391±22^b	231±12^c	175±7^c	<0.0001
SDA coefficient	26.5±1.0^a	30.5±1.2^a	19.5±1.1^b	14.4±0.8^c	8.8±1.2^d	<0.0001

	Meal treatment
Variable	Intact rat	Steak	Ground rat	Liquid meal	Infused ground rat	P
Body mass (g)	2394±341^a	2316±434^a	2429±192^a	5240±509^b	1673±275^a	<0.0001
N	5	6	6	4	4
Meal size (% of body mass)	25.0±0.1	25.3±0.02	25.0±0.0	25.0±0.0	25.0±0.0	0.41
SMR (ml h^-1)	56.6±7.8	56.8±8.5	57.5±4.4	111.6±7.1	49.4±4.5	0.53
SMR (ml h^-1) adjusted to 2400 g	56.6±7.8	58.4±1.8	57.2±2.5	66.0±1.4	64.2±2.6	0.052
SMR (ml g^-1 h^-1)	0.024±0.001^a	0.025±0.001^a,b	0.024±0.001^a	0.022±0.001^a	0.031±0.003^b	0.008
Peak V̇_O₂ (ml h^-1)	963±145^a	781±160^a,b	681±68^b	867±68^a	229±24^c	<0.0001
Peak V̇_O₂ (ml h^-1) adjusted to 2400 g	965±48^a	797±77^a,b	672±34^b	433±25^c	328±29^c	<0.0001
Peak V̇_O₂ (ml g^-1 h^-1)	0.402±0.021^a	0.330±0.031^a,b	0.278±0.013^b	0.166±0.010^c	0.139±0.011^c	<0.0001
Scope of peak V̇_O₂	16.8±0.6^a	13.2±1.5^b	11.7±0.7^b	7.7±0.58^c	4.5±0.2^c	<0.0001
Duration (days)	8	6	6	6	6
SDA (kJ)	1259±174^a	1111±203^a,b	943±87^b	1196±92^a	289±38^c	<0.0001
SDA (kJ) adjusted to 2400 g	1269±47^a	1154±48^a	938±54^b	549±29^c	422±18^c	<0.0001
SDA (kJ kg^-1)	528±19^a	480±20^a	391±22^b	231±12^c	175±7^c	<0.0001
SDA coefficient	26.5±1.0^a	30.5±1.2^a	19.5±1.1^b	14.4±0.8^c	8.8±1.2^d	<0.0001

Variables are defined in the text. Values are presented as means ± 1 S.E.M.

For each metabolic measure, superscript letters that differ denote significant (P<0.05) differences between means as determined from post-hoc pairwise comparisons.

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