
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilson, AD 
A1  - Hindley, NL 
T1  - Effect of restricted access to water on the intake of salty foods by Merino and Border Leicester sheep
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1968
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 597
EP  - 604
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9680597 
N2  - Sheep were fed on diets containing 7.5, 11.25, and 15&#37; added sodium chloride to simulate diets containing up to 100&#37; saltbush (Atriplex spp.). When access to water was restricted to once daily, there was a reduction in food intake, the reduction being more severe with the more salty diets. When fed on the diet containing 15&#37; added sodium chloride and when their access to water was restricted to once daily, Merino sheep drank 5.01 l/day and Border Leicester sheep 7.6 l/day. Food intakes differed in approximately the same proportion, and on a body weight basis (kg0.73) the Border Leicesters ate 22&#37; more food than the Merinos. It is concluded that Merino sheep will need to drink more often than once daily when their water intake exceeds 5 l/sheep/day, and that this would occur when the saltbush intake reached 500&ndash;600 g/day. 
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