A comparative investigation of the volumes of plasma and extracellular fluids and the renal clearances of urea and creatinine in Merino sheep from flocks with different genetic capacities for wool growth.
1991
Williams A.J. | Thornberry K.J. | Nicol H.
Experiments showed that the average plasma volume and the average volume of extracellular fluid were similar in sheep from the 2 genetic groups and were not influenced by the dietary treatments ('low' or 'high' in digestibility, N content and quantity). The sheep consuming the 'high' diet maintained significantly greater concentrations of urea-N in their plasma and cleared both urea and creatinine at significantly greater rates from the plasma. The sheep from the 2 genetic groups had similar average values for these 3 traits.
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