Abstract
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Four wether lambs were used to determine body water space following DES implantation. Tritium-labeled water was used as the tracer. Body water space was 60.3 and 59.8% of the body weight for the control and DES-implanted lambs, respectively. It is concluded that body water space is not changed 12 days after DES implantation in lambs; therefore, this does not explain the decrease in PUN observed following DES administration in ruminants.
Assistance rendered by W. Reichert, G. Poe, and O. Lewis is gratefully acknowledged.
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