Editing Fever (section)

== Other animals ==
{{main|Thermoregulation}}
Fever is an important metric for the [[medical diagnosis|diagnosis]] of [[livestock disease|disease in domestic animals]]. The body temperature of animals, which is taken rectally, is different from one species to another. For example, a [[horse]] is said to have a fever above {{val|101|u=°F}} ({{val|38.3|u=°C}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.equusite.com/articles/health/healthVitalSigns.shtml|title=Equusite Vital Signs|publisher=equusite.com|access-date=2010-03-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326053227/http://www.equusite.com/articles/health/healthVitalSigns.shtml|archive-date=26 March 2010}}</ref> In species that allow the body to have a wide range of "normal" temperatures, such as [[camel]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Schmidt-Nielsen K, Schmidt-Nielsen B, Jarnum SA, Houpt TR | title = Body temperature of the camel and its relation to water economy | journal = The American Journal of Physiology | volume = 188 | issue = 1 | pages = 103–112 | date = January 1957 | pmid = 13402948 | doi = 10.1152/ajplegacy.1956.188.1.103 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> whose body temperature varies as the environmental temperature varies,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leese |first1=A.S. |title='Tips' on camels, for veterinary surgeons on active service |journal=The British Veterinary Journal |date=March 1917 |volume=73 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcYfAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA81 |via=[[Google Books]] |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> the body temperature which constitutes a febrile state differs depending on the environmental temperature.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tefera |first1=M. |title=Observations on the clinical examination of the camel (Camelus dromedarius) in the field |journal=Tropical Animal Health and Production |date=July 2004 |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=435–449 |doi=10.1023/b:trop.0000035006.37928.cf |pmid=15449833 |s2cid=26358556 |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> Fever can also be behaviorally induced by invertebrates that do not have immune-system based fever. For instance, some species of grasshopper will thermoregulate to achieve body temperatures that are 2–5&nbsp;°C higher than normal in order to inhibit the growth of fungal pathogens such as ''[[Beauveria bassiana]]'' and ''[[Metarhizium acridum]]''.<ref name="Thomas2003">{{cite journal|vauthors = Thomas MB, Blanford S|title=Thermal biology in insect-parasite interactions|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|date=July 2003|volume=18|issue=7|pages=344–350|doi=10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00069-7}}</ref> Honeybee colonies are also able to induce a fever in response to a fungal parasite ''Ascosphaera apis''.<ref name="Thomas2003" />