. 2023 Oct 30;16:84–95. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.10.002

Table 5.

Effects of water treatment on water intake and heart rate by yearling goat doelings and hair sheep ewe lambs of different breeds.

Item	Water treatment¹						SEM
Item	FR	100-BR	100-SL	150-BR	150-SL	150-BR/SL	SEM
Entire 3-wk periods
Water intake
g/day	1230^a	1185^a	1244^a	1188^a	1427^b	1307^ab	70.7
% BW	4.66^a	4.50^a	4.61^a	4.42^a	5.30^b	4.96^ab	0.249
Calorimetry measure days
Heart rate, beats/min	78.2^a	81.2^a	80.6^a	78.5^a	79.3^a	86.1^b	2.07

SEM = pooled standard error of the mean for the water treatment effect; BW = body weight.

^a,bMeans within grouping without a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05).

FR = 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.