“…A specially constructed oven was used for this purpose (Godsalve, Davis, Gordon, and Davis, 1977a). Animals that exhibited rigidity within 5 min after exposure to 3 percent halothane in oxygen (Hwang, McGrath, Addis, Rempel, Thompson, and Antonik, 1978) were classified as malignant hyperthermia positive (MH + ) while animals that did not show rigidity were classified as malignant hyperthermia negative (MH -). In addition, muscles from a cross between the two breeds were also included.…”