Abstract:
Estimates of the distribution of body water and the rate of water turnover were made on medium Peppin Merino ewes grazing on Mitchell grass association pasture in south-western Queensland during January and November. It so happened that the January measurements were made while the sheep were on lush green pasture following good rains, and that the November measurements were made on dry pasture after a number of months of low rainfall. The estimates made on each sheep included those of plasma volume, extracellular volume, total body water, plasma protein, and water turnover per 24 hr. The ewes, which were approximately 4