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Science 15 May 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3620, pp. 876 - 878
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3620.876
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Water Turnover in Cattle

A. L. Black 1, N. F. Baker 1, J. C. Bartley 1, T. E. Chapman 1, and R. W. Phillips 1

1 School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis

The half-life of the body water pool in cattle is unusually short, relative to their body size. The short half-life is not due to milk formation, since the same result is observed in nonlactating cattle as in cattle producing 23 kg (50 lb) of milk per day.

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