Body composition in vivo. IX. The relation of body composition to the tritiated water spaces of ewes and wethers fasted for short periods
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
- Vol. 19 (2) , 267-272
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ar9680267
Abstract
Correlations are described between tritiated water space, total body water, fat, and protein in sheep subjected to 18–21 hr of fasting. These provide a system for estimating the body composition of living ruminants.Keywords
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