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WITH a conscious sheep, Kay1 confirmed the findings of Coats and Wright2, obtained with anæsthetized sheep, that the concentration of Na+ and K+ in parotid saliva showed a strong inverse correlation. However, neither author reported the saliva concentrations of Mg2+ and Ca2+. McDougall3 estimated the average magnesium concentration in parotid saliva of sheep as 0.6 m.equiv./l. and that of calcium as 0.4 m.equiv./l. Average values of 0.36 and 0.33 m.equiv./l. for saliva magnesium and calcium concentrations, respectively, were obtained here.
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Care, A. D., and Ross, D. B., Proc. Nutr. Soc., 21, 10 (1962).
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CARE, A. Secretion of Magnesium and Calcium in Parotid Saliva of Sheep. Nature 199, 818–819 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199818a0
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