Table 3.

Composition of water consumed by yearling goat doelings and hair sheep ewe lambs of different breeds.¹

Item	FR		100-BR		100-SL		150-BR		150-SL		150-BR/SL
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
pH	8.36	0.077	7.97	0.035	8.15	0.073	8.09	0.021	8.06	0.086	8.00	0.045
Electrical conductivity, μS/cm	313	10.2	7249	115.5	8612	476.4	10,597	178.9	12,589	536.0	11,060	716.4
Total dissolved solids, mg/kg	209	7.1	4928	83.4	5684	315.7	7508	123.5	8309	353.8	7319	472.2
Hardness, mg/kg	114	2.2	810	45.7	135	57.9	1169	30.7	26	5.4	808	51.3
Calcium, mg/kg	17.3	0.59	224.9	13.22	31.7	17.01	326.9	8.79	7.2	1.72	236.3	16.71
Chloride, mg/kg	20	2.2	1175	45.3	2472	142.6	1778	75.6	3717	192.0	2411	167.6
Magnesium, mg/kg	17.1	0.30	60.5	3.18	15.7	4.62	86.0	3.62	2.6	0.68	53.1	2.75
Potassium, mg/kg	6.25	1.019	4.59	0.285	4.94	0.585	6.53	0.948	3.81	0.702	3.88	0.831
Sodium, mg/kg	15	1.5	1387	24.0	1768	106.9	2168	38.6	2698	144.1	2290	154.0
Sulfate, mg/kg	7	0.2	1962	123.6	191	168.9	3052	81.4	30	2.5	1938	124.3
Boron, mg/kg	0.08	0.003	8.3	0.54	0.8	0.72	12.8	0.46	0.0	0.01	8.3	0.56
Silica, mg/L	1.01	0.095	4.47	0.167	0.94	0.108	6.40	0.160	0.94	0.116	4.36	0.137

SEM = standard error of the mean.

¹FR = fresh water; 100-BR = brackish water (BR); 100-SL = NaCl added to FR for a similar total dissolved solids (TDS) level as 100-BR; 150-BR = 100-BR plus addition of approximately 50% of 100-BR TDS; 150-SL = NaCl added to FR for a similar TDS level as 150-BR; 150-BR/SL = a similar TDS level as 150-BR and 150-SL by addition to 100-BR of a 1:1 mixture of BR minerals and NaCl; 18 weekly composite samples.