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    Thermoregulation and water relations of two East African antelopes: the hartebeest and impala.

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    1971-03-01
    Author
    Maloiy, GMO
    Hopcraft, D
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
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    Abstract
    1. In controlled laboratory experiments rectal temperature, cutaneous moisture evaporation and breathing rate were studied in the hartebeest and impala antelope. 2. 2. At the high air temperatures (40–50°C), the sweating rate rose to 60 g H2O/m2 per hr and the respiratory rate to over 200/min in both species. 3. 3. The water balance of the two species was investigated when the antelope were either fully hydrated or dehydrated at the environmental temperatures of 22°C or alteration between 22 and 40°C at 12-hr intervals. The total body water was estimated in two hartebeest antelope which were allowed to graze freely on the dry pastures of the Athi River Plains.
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    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03009629
    http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/26553
    Citation
    Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology. 1971 Mar 1;38(3):525-34.
    Publisher
    Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi
    Subject
    Thermoregulation
    Water relations
    East African Antelopes
    Hartebeest
    Impala
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    Journal article
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