
%0 Journal Article
%A Brook, AH 
%A Short, BF 
%T Sweating in sheep
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1960/08/01
%V 11
%N 4
%P 557-569
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9600557
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9600557 
%X Water loss from the sweat glands of shorn sheep was estimated as the difference between the average weight gain of desiccating capsules placed on 10 normal sheep and on 4 control sheep congenitally lacking sweat glands. At an air tempera ture of 20&#176;C (68&#176;F) and a water vapour pressure of 12.5 mm Hg the rate of svveating was 10.2 g/m2/hr, and at 40&#176;C (104&#176;F) and a water vapour pressure of 28.1 mm Hg the rate of sweating was 32.1 g/m2/hr. The maximum amount of heat a sheep could lose by sweating at the rate of 32 g/m2/hr under these conditions is c. 20 kcal/hr. It is emphasized that the rate of sweating observed in shorn sheep must not be applied unreservedly to sheep with a fleece, because the dynamics of water movement in the fleece are unknown. 
