VO 2 ON-KINETICS IN ISOLATED CANINE MUSCLE IN SITU DURING SLOWED CONVECTIVE O 2 DELIVERY Except where reference is made to the work of others, the work described in this dissertation is my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee. This dissertation does not include proprietary or classified information. _______________________________________ Matthew Lawrence Goodwin Certificate of Approval: _______________________ _______________________ David D. Pascoe L. Bruce Gladden, Chair Professor Professor Kinesiology Kinesiology _______________________ _______________________ Lawrence C. Wit Douglas C. Goodwin Professor Associate Professor Biological Sciences Chemistry and Biochemistry _______________________ George T. Flowers Dean Graduate School