Aspects of body fluid dynam1cs of neonatal calf diarrhoea.
The results of balance studies upon 26 calves, most of which were diarrhoeic and some of which died, demonstrated that: (a) milk intake helped to maintain plasma volume but calves still died: (b) changes in haematocrit were related to milk intake but not to faecal output; (c) the kidney tended to compensate for excess faecal water output. but this function was dependent on the maintenance of adequate plasma volume and therefore on milk intake.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000502:physiology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006400:Hematocrit; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D010953:Plasma Volume