Water Turnover in Cattle
- 15 May 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 144 (3620) , 876-878
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.144.3620.876
Abstract
The half-life of the body water pool in cattle is unusually short, relative to their body size. The short half-life is not due to milk formation, since the same result is observed in nonlactating cattle as in cattle producing 23 kg (50 lb) of milk per day.Keywords
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- Comparative Metabolism of Tritiated Water by MammalsJournal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, 1962