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    Comparatives studies on the water balance and functional renal anatomy of several species of Uganda ruminants
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 1969) Schoen, Alexander Richard
    Comparative studies on the water balance and related phyological phenomenon of five East African goats obtained from three disnet geographical zones of Uganda, and of one or more representatives of each of four game ruminant species from three The present studies show that the dikdik, an arid country antelope is better adapted to heat stress and to restricted water availability than the bushbuck, reedbuck or Uganda kob, all three latter animals being moist savannah or bushland antelopes. The studies indicate that the East African goat is well adapted to most geographical environments encountered in Uganda. The studies suggest the existence of a direct relationship between the relative size of the renal medulla and the degree of aridioty of the habitat for these and several others, and that by comparison with a carnivorce, the domestic dog, the total relatives glomerular volume of those ruminants studied is smaller than that of a carnivorce which latter animal needs to excrete higher amounts of nitrogenous was to resulting from a higher protein diet.