Water regulation in Barmer goat of the Rajasthan desert.
The different body fluid compartments in normally watered and 4-day water-deprived goats of Rajasthan desert, India, were measured in autumn. The goats maintained plasma volume and extracellular fluid volume, but lost gut and cell water considerably under the experimental conditions; indicating that the maintenance of the fluidity of the blood has priority over the body's other fluid requirements in this desert-adapted species during water deprivation.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D003889:Desert Climate; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D014868:Water Deprivation