The ecophysiological significance of calcium bicarbonate in the urine of subterranean rodents: Testing a hypothesis

A. Haim; N. Fairall; P. W. Prinsloo

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The ecophysiological significance of calcium bicarbonate in the urine of subterranean rodents: Testing a hypothesis

A. Haim, N. Fairall, P. W. Prinsloo

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1. 1. A comparative study of calcium and bicarbonate in the urine was carried out on the subterranean mole rat Cryptomys hottenlotus and the terrestrial vlei rat Otomys irroratus. 2. 2. The two species were kept on two different diets; carrots, a high calcium diet (41 mg/100kg) or potatoes, a low calcium diet (14mg/100g). 3. 3. The results show that the urine of the mole rat contained high values of calcium bicarbonate on either diet. 4. 4. The urine of the vlei rat showed high values of calcium bicarbonate only when kept on the high calcium diet. 5. 5. From these results we assume that in subterranean rodents excretion of calcium bicarbonate is an adaptive mechanism to unload CO₂ without increasing its concentration in the hypercapnic environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	867-869
Number of pages	3
Journal	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology
Volume	82
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(85)90498-0
State	Published - 1985
Externally published	Yes

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The ecophysiological significance of calcium bicarbonate in the urine of subterranean rodents: Testing a hypothesis

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