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A note on the water balance of dairy cows drinking nutrient solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

I. S. Robertson ,
H. Paver  and
Linda Cassie
I. S. Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Field Station, Roslin, Midlothian
H. Paver
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Field Station, Roslin, Midlothian
Linda Cassie
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Field Station, Roslin, Midlothian
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Attention has recently been focussed on the possibility of supplementing cattle diets with nutrient solutions containing ammonium salts of short chain fatty-acids (Kay, Preston, Walker, Macleod, 1965; Prescott, Shobokshy and Armstrong, 1967). This method of supplementation requires the liquid feed to be as acceptable to the cow as water or, if less acceptable, to be the only source of liquid intake. In both these circumstances there is a possibility that consumption of such liquids likely to be hypertonie will lead to water imbalance in the animal body.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 1968 , pp. 227 - 230
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1968

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