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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 68, Issue 11 3649-3653, Copyright © 1990 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

In vivo prediction of extracellular and intracellular water in cattle and sheep using thiocyanate and urea

S. M. Gad and R. L. Preston
Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409.

Two experiments were conducted in cattle and sheep to determine the earliest time for thiocyanate equilibration with extracellular water. In Exp. 1, nine animals were infused to determine marker concentrations and sampling times. In Exp. 2, five steers were infused and then exsanguinated for tissue analyses. Thiocyanate equilibrated 22 to 31 min after infusion with a pool size equivalent to expected extracellular water. Plasma thiocyanate half-life averaged 29 h. Tissue concentrations 24 or 48 h after thiocyanate infusion were 20 to 24% of those observed in plasma for heart muscle and kidney and 6 to 8% in liver and skeletal muscle. A procedure is proposed for the in vivo estimation of empty body water (urea dilution), extracellular water (thiocyanate dilution) and, by difference, intracellular water in cattle and sheep, requiring only three blood samples, an initial sample and two samples taken 12 and 28 min after intravenous infusion of a urea-thiocyanate solution.




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