3.1.3. Non-domestic species living in a non-arid environment
Neither the food intake nor the diges tibilities of dry matter were
altered (PN 0.05) when the Thomson's gazelle were exposed for 12 h to
an intermittent heat load at 40 °C (Tables 1 and 3). An intermittent
heat load however did depress food intake of the wildebeest by 13%
(Pb 0.01), but it had no effect on dry matter digestibility (PN 0.05).
Faecal dry matter output for the Thomson's gazelle and wildebeest
followed a similar pattern to that of food intake (Table 2).