Water economy of the Somali Donkey

Abstract

Maloiy, G. M. Water economy of the Somalii Donkey, American Journal of Physiology 219(5): 1522- 1527. 1970. Water balance, blood intake, volume and concentration of urine and changes in the body weight were examined in the Somali donkey subjected to heat stress and dehydration. The effects of an ambient temperature of 22C or changes between 22 and 40C at 12-hr intervals and a level of dehydration causing 15% loss of body weight at each of these temperatures on food intake and digestion were investigated......