Study regarding the physiological variations of the dipsic behavior in the gestation period in domestic cats

Abstract

It is well known that the physiological status fundamentally influences the intake of nutrients and, implicitly, of water. Since the body's water requirement, under basal conditions, is directly proportional to the body surface and the intensity of metabolic processes, we can correlate gestation, as a metabolically demanding period, with the physiological variations of the requirements of water, which will invariably translate into changes in the dipsic behavior of this species. A group of 8 patients with healthy clinical status was formed, who were evaluated dynamically during the gestation period. The video monitoring of the dipsic behavior was carried out for each patient, in the second part of gestation (after day 35), for a period of 5 consecutive days. Following the corroboration and centralization of the data obtained through video monitoring, ethograms were drawn up for each individual