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Measurement of daily water intake in the dog
Author(s) -
ENGLISH P. B.,
FILIPPICH L. J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1980.tb01231.x
Subject(s) - medicine , polydipsia , water intake , ingestion , zoology , body weight , relative humidity , water consumption , free water , body water , endocrinology , environmental science , biology , environmental engineering , physics , diabetes mellitus , thermodynamics
Water intake was measured for 50 days in four Kelpie bitches, housed in a room kept at a temperature of 22–25 o C and a relative humidity of 55%. The mean daily water ingested (free and combined water) was 55‐9 ± 3–70 ml/kg body weight while the mean daily intake (free, combined and metabolic water) was estimated to be 72‐9 ± 3–70 ml/kg. The experimental findings are compared with those observed in the dog by other workers and it is emphasized that, in determining daily water ingestion for the differentiation of clinical polydipsia, feed dry matter intake should be correlated with volume of water drunk.