Deuterium oxide dilution accurately predicts water intake in sheep and goats

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1606-1612

  Al Ramamneh, D ^a   Riek, A ^a,b   Gerken, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

behaviour; goats; isotope dilution; sheep; total body water; water intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77957360782     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000716     Document Type: Article

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