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The effects of dehydration on electrolyte concentrations and water content along the large intestine of a small ruminant: The Dik-dik antelope
(University of Nairobi, 1980-05)
The concentrations of Na, K, and Cl and the water content in the large intestine and rectum of an East African ruminant, the Dik-dik antelope, was investigated in hydrated and dehydrated animals.
Intestinal contents were ...
Temperature regulation and evaporative water loss in the bat-eared fox (Otocyion megalotis). J. Zoology, London (in press).
(2013-07-03)
No abstract available
Ionic content of body fluids and sodium efflux in Oreochromis alcalicus grahami, a fish living at temperatures above 30°C and in conditions of extreme alkalinity
(Elsevier, 1984)
1. Values for blood plasma ions at 35°C are: Na, 210.4 ± 4.6; Cl, 144.6 ± 2.6 and K, 6.5 ± 0.4 mM; osmotic pressure, 400 ± 18 mOsm.
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2. Blood ionic composition resembles that of marine teleost species except that at ...
A comparative study of basal metabolism and thermoregulation in a folivorous (Colobus guereza) and an omnivorous (Cercopithecus mitis) primate species.
(University of Nairobi, 1983-02)
1. Abdominal temperatures (Tab) and oxygen consumption (VO2) were measured in two males each of colobus and Sykes monkeys. 2. Tab in both species had the same range (36 38.5 C), but there were marked differences in the ...
Digestion and nitrogen metabolism in sheep and red deer given large or small amounts of water and protein.
(University of Nairobi, 1970-10)
No abstract available
Is the aestivating lungfish the first vertebrate with suctional breathing?
(University of Nairobi, 1975-11)
No abstract available
Response of the Somali donkey to dehydration: hematological changes.
(University of Nairobi, 1971)
No abstract available
Respiratory properties of blood in awake and estivating lungfish, Protopterus amphibius.
(1976-09)
Blood respiratory properties have been studied in awake and estivating African lungfish, Protopterus amphibius. Fish had been estivating 28-30 months when blood was sampled. Hematocrit, O2 capacity and blood hemoglobin ...
The water metabolism of a small East African antelope: the dik-dik
(1973-11)
1. In controlled laboratory experiments, rectal temperature, cutaneous moisture evaporation, and respiratory rate were studied in the dik-dik. The water balance of the dik-dik was investigated when the antelope were either ...
Colonic absorption and secretion of fluids, electrolytes and organic acids in East African wild ruminants
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
1.1. In sixteen species of wild ruminants colonie absorption of fluids averaged 48% of the fluids entering the large bowel. Values ranged from 26% (steenbok) to 65% (gerenuk).2.2. Absorption of sodium, potassium, chloride ...