… water she loses to her pups in milk. Although these estimates of urine consumption and
water recycling do not account for loss of water … means of water conservation during lactation. …

… there is some evidence that lactation is accompanied by an increase in water turnover (1). …
that lactation places on the water balance. In doing so, we have found that much of the water …

… In summary, our study demonstrated that, among wild species, the importance of water
recycling during lactation is a function of habitat aridity. For xeric-adapted species, maternal …

… several possible routes of isotope recycling. These include the consumption of … water vapor
by both mother and offspring. Isotope recycling might be especially important during lactation …

… that water intake increases during pregnancy and lactation in sheep [1-3] and recent studies
carried out on pregnant and. lactating goats have shown that augmented water intake is …

… The exchanges of water between lactating female and young … and water recycling in various
litter sizes under various water regimes by following the time course of injected tritiated water…

… water turnover was estimated from the water dilution space and the fractional turnover of body
water… To determine the magnitude of isotopic recycling, a randomly selected piglet in each …

… loss in lactating goats was 25% less than in the non-lactating … rate in lactating goats was
65% higher than in non-lactating … 748.6 mmol urea were recycled daily in lactating goats …

… (1981) Water balance of small lactating rodents III. Estimates of milk production and
water recycling in lactating Mus musculus under various water regimes. J. math. …

… of milk production if corrections are made for changes in body water pool size and for
isotope recycling via maternal milk (11-15). Peak lactation was assumed to occur in week 3 or 4 …