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31 3.3: Results:a) Winter:­In winter the air temperature ranged from low 3­8°C to maximum of II-19°C. The relative humidity washigh; (61-97%) in the early hours of the morning, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>low (35-54%)later in the day. In such c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s,with the presence of <str<strong>on</strong>g>water</str<strong>on</strong>g>; no wide range differencehad been observed in the body temperature of thegazelles (~0.2 °C), especially during the day (6 am ­6 pm)), as the body temperature ranged between 39.4°Cat 8 am <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 39.6°C at 4 pm. But, a significantdifference of 1.3 °C (P::;0.05, F=8.24) was noticedwhenthese animals were given enough <str<strong>on</strong>g>water</str<strong>on</strong>g> afterdehydrati<strong>on</strong> fig(3). It was observed that the animalsbody temperature was lowest (38.6 °C)at the earlymorning (6-8 am), then gradually rises to its maximum(39.4°C) at 6 pm. It was noticed that when thesedehydrated animals were rehydrated a substantialdecrease in <str<strong>on</strong>g>their</str<strong>on</strong>g> body temperature occurred, as thebody temperature decreased to 38.3 °C after 2 h ofrehydrati<strong>on</strong>. This decrease in body temperaturec<strong>on</strong>tinued untill the animals reached <str<strong>on</strong>g>their</str<strong>on</strong>g> normallevel of body temperature, 10 h after rehydrati<strong>on</strong> .. 1

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