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Table 1 Mean values (or range of values) of effective renal plasma flow (ERPF), effective renal blood flow (ERBF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), filtration fraction (FF), diuresis, urine osmolality (Uosm) in some species of livestock. GFR - (ml/min/m2) or *(ml/min/kg body weight).

From: A review of the renal system and diurnal variations of renal activity in livestock

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ERPF (ml/min/m2)

ERBF (ml/min/m2)

GFR (ml/min/m2) or *(ml/min/kg bw)

FF (%)

Uosm (mmol/kg H2O)

Numbers of animals

Age of animals

References

goats

490

650

55

10

1100

12

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Vogel [63]

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650

51

10

1100

12

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Ketz [29]

goat kids

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1.69-3.08*

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8

8-30 days old

Drzezdzon et al. [18]

sheep

490

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58

Ā Ā 

12

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Vogel [63]

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1.1-2.3*

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89 female 19 male

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Bickhardt and Dungelhoef [9]

cattle

472

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73

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>1100

12

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Ketz [29]

Ā Ā Ā 

70

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Boehnecke and Tiews [8]

calves

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1.75-3.32*

Ā Ā 

10

1-14 days old

Skrzypczak [53]

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230-289

359-455

36.5-47.8

14-19

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10 female

1-7 days old

Skrzypczak [49]

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20

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Dalton [16]

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

14-24

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12

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Ketz [29]

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326

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

2-3 days old

Hartmann et al. 1987

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379

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

4-20 days old

Hartmann et al. [24]

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351

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2.31*

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23

1-6 weeks old

Wanner et al. [60]

pigs

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<1100

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Vogel [63]