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Effect of drinking saline water on food and water intake, food digestibility, and nitrogen and mineral balances of rusa deer stags (Cervus timorensis russa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

W. Yape Kii  and
G. McL. Dryden
W. Yape Kii
Affiliation:
School of Animal Studies, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland 4345, Australia
G. McL. Dryden*
Affiliation:
School of Animal Studies, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland 4345, Australia
*
†E-mail: g.dryden@uq.edu.au
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Abstract

The salinity tolerance of Javan rusa deer (Cervus timorensis russa) was investigated with seven stags, aged 4·5 years. Animals were offered a medium-quality chaffed lucerne hay and given five different levels of water salinity: (a) control (570 mg/kg of total dissolved salts (TDS)) and (b) ‘saline’ water with TDS contents of 1000, 3500, 6000 and 8500 mg/kg. Food intake, food digestibility and nitrogen balance were not affected by increasing salt concentration in drinking water, however the drinking water (DW) intake, the total (food plus drinking) water intake and the DW:dry-matter ratio increased with increasing salt concentration. Some deer given water containing 8500 mg TDS per kg showed signs of stress which included large between-day fluctuations in water intake, opening of the orbital gland, head shaking, and rapid breathing. Rusa deer can tolerate drinking water containing 6000 mg TDS per kg for at least 9 days without harmful effect but may be unable to tolerate water with 8500 mg TDS per kg.

Keywords

Cervus timorensisfood intakesaline waterwater intake
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Research Article
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Animal Science , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , August 2005 , pp. 99 - 105
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2005

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