Boer goats physiology adaptation to saline drinking water

• Published in: Research in veterinary science Vol. 129; pp. 120 - 128
• Main Authors: Runa, Rukhsana Amin, Gerken, Martina, Riek, Alexander, Brinkmann, Lea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adaptation; Animals; Blood parameters; Calcium; Councils; Creatinine; Drinking water; Feeds; Fresh water; Goats; Goats,rumen temperature; Kidneys; Magnesium; Methods; Physiological responses; Physiology; Potassium; Saline water; Salinity; Salt; Sodium chloride; Sodium intake; Studies; Toxicity; Urea; Veterinary medicine; Water intake; Water intakes; United States > US; Germany; Blood parameters; Saline water; Sodium intake; Goats,rumen temperature; Adaptation

To examine the adaptive physiological responses to increasing salinity of drinking water in a choice situation, twelve female non-lactating Boer goats were used. After a control period with fresh water, in phase 2 the choice between different salt concentrations (0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25 and 1.5%...