add example. 1  en The Amur Leopard (from the name of the river flowing at the border between Russia and China, or Far Eastern leopard, Panthera pardus orientalis) is quite certainly the rarest and most endangered big cat in the world because of a wild population of only 30 to 35 individuals [ 1 ].
The result is an. increase in carbon dioxide levels (hypercapnia) in the blood. While either slow. breathing or shallow breathing may occur with hypoventilation, the rate or depth of. breathing is not diagnostic, since hypoventilation by definition only occurs if there is an. increase in carbon dioxide levels.
A pH of 7 is neutral. Those levels vary throughout your body. Your blood is slightly alkaline, with a pH between 7.35 and 7.45. Your stomach is very acidic, with a pH of 3.5 or below, so it can break down food. And your urine changes, depending on what you eat -- that's how your body keeps the level in your blood steady. The alkaline diet claims to help your body maintain its blood pH level. In fact, nothing you eat is going to substantially change the pH of your blood.