TY - JOUR
T1 - Urine analysis of three rodent species with emphasis on calcium and magnesium bicarbonate
AU - Haim, A.
AU - Heth, G.
AU - Nevo, E.
AU - Gruener, N.
AU - Goldstein, T.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - 1. 1. The urine composition of three rodent species, mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi, the golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus and the white rat Rattus norvegiens was studied. These three species represent different degrees of fossoriality. 2. 2. The results show that the urine of the species that show a higher degree of fossoriality, the mole rat and the hamster, contain high values of calcium and magnesium bicarbonates when compared with the white rat. 3. 3. From these results it may be assumed that the mole rat as well as the hamster can use the kidney as a pathway for releasing bicarbonate and carbonate. 4. 4. This mechanism may reduce the CO2 concentration in their hypercapnic environment.
AB - 1. 1. The urine composition of three rodent species, mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi, the golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus and the white rat Rattus norvegiens was studied. These three species represent different degrees of fossoriality. 2. 2. The results show that the urine of the species that show a higher degree of fossoriality, the mole rat and the hamster, contain high values of calcium and magnesium bicarbonates when compared with the white rat. 3. 3. From these results it may be assumed that the mole rat as well as the hamster can use the kidney as a pathway for releasing bicarbonate and carbonate. 4. 4. This mechanism may reduce the CO2 concentration in their hypercapnic environment.
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U2 - 10.1016/0300-9629(85)90404-9
DO - 10.1016/0300-9629(85)90404-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2859137
AN - SCOPUS:0021983330
SN - 0300-9629
VL - 80
SP - 503
EP - 506
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology
IS - 4
ER -