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===[[Water Deficiency]]===
 
===[[Water Deficiency]]===
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===[[Sodium and Water Deficiency]]===
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===Deficiency of Both Sodium and Water===
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* Known as "salt depletion".
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* The effects of the sodium (and therefore chloride) loss predominate.
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** There is clinically detectable dehydration.
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====Causes====
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* '''Gastro-intestinal disorders'''.
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** [[Control of Feeding - Anatomy & Physiology#The Vomit Reflex|Vomiting]] and [[Diarrhoea|diarrhoea]].
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* '''Gut crises'''.
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** [[:Category:Obstruction, Intestinal|Intestinal obstruction]].
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** [[Torsion, Intestinal|Torsions]].
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** Ruminal/ abomasal impaction.
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* '''Excessive and prolonged sweating'''.
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** Heat exhaustion.
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* '''Renal disease'''.
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** Nephritis.
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** May also be associated with diabetes mellitus toxicity.
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* '''Severe haemorrhage or burns'''.
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** Result in severe plasma losses.
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====Effects====
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* Loss of sodium and chloride reduces the osmolality of extracellular fluid.
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** There is a simultaneous loss of water.
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* Water is transferred from the ECF to cells. 
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** Cells over-hydrate and may rupture. 
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* ECF volume falls.
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** Resultis in haemoconcentration and peripheral circulatory failure.
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* Renal involvement may become significant.
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===Water Excess===
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* Known as "water intoxication".
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====Causes====
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* Results from induced hypo-osmolality, e.g.
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** Excessive administration of water to previously deprived animals.
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** Administration of large volumes of water to animals with acute renal failure.
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====Effects====
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* The ECF osmolality is reduced. 
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* Water is transferred to the cells and they become "water-logged". 
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** Intracellular oedema in the CNS results in convulsions and death.
      
===Excess of Both Sodium and Water===
 
===Excess of Both Sodium and Water===
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