| dc.contributor.author | Maloiy, GMO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hopcraft, D | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-28T13:51:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-28T13:51:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1971-03-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology. 1971 Mar 1;38(3):525-34. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0300-9629 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03009629 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/26553 | |
| dc.description | Journal article | en |
| dc.description.abstract | 1. In controlled laboratory experiments rectal temperature, cutaneous moisture evaporation and breathing rate were studied in the hartebeest and impala antelope.
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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.
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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. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Thermoregulation | en |
| dc.subject | Water relations | en |
| dc.subject | East African Antelopes | en |
| dc.subject | Hartebeest | en |
| dc.subject | Impala | en |
| dc.title | Thermoregulation and water relations of two East African antelopes: the hartebeest and impala. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi | en |
