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Animals, 2020 The body condition score (BCS) in sheep (Ovis aries) is a widely used subjective measure of body condition. Body condition score and liveweight have been reported to be statistically and often linearly related in ewes. Therefore, it was hypothesized that
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Innate immunity, assessed by plasma NO measurements, is not suppressed during the incubation fast in eiders [PDF]
, 2006 Immunity is hypothesized to share limited resources with other physiological functions and may mediate life history trade-offs, for example between reproduction and survival.
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Plasma Biochemistries and Morphometric Indices of Body Condition in Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) Chicks [PDF]
, 2017 Plasma biochemistries provide a complementary method for assessing physiological and nutritional status of free-ranging wild birds. Triglycerides, total protein and alkaline phosphatase were determined in 110 free-living Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax
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Immune phenotype and body condition in roe deer: individuals with high body condition have different, not stronger immunity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 An efficient immunity is necessary for host survival, but entails energetic costs. When energy is limited, immunocompetence and body condition should co-vary positively among individuals and, depending on body condition, individuals should allocate more ...
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Evaluation of Body Weight, Body Condition, and Muscle Condition in Cats with Hyperthyroidism
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2016 Abstract Background The contribution of fat loss versus muscle wasting to the loss of body weight seen in hyperthyroid cats is unknown. Objectives To investigate body weight, body condition score (BCS), and muscle ...
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What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity [PDF]
, 2008 Numerous host qualities can modulate parasite fitness, and among these, host nutritive resources and immunity are of prime importance. Indeed, parasite fitness increases with the amount of nutritive resources extracted from the host body and decreases ...
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 : Adipose tissue (AT) is a central reservoir of energy stored in the form of lipids. In addition, AT has been recognized as an immunologically and endocrinologically active tissue of dairy cattle.
S. Mann
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The Impacts of Drought on the Health and Demography of Eastern Grey Kangaroos
Animals, 2022 Extreme climatic events such as droughts and floods are expected to become more intense and severe under climate change, especially in the southern and eastern parts of Australia. We aimed to quantify the relationship between body condition scores (BCS),
Loic Quentin Juillard, Daniel Ramp
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The relationship between body condition, body composition, and growth in amphibians. [PDF]
PLoS OneBody condition of animals is often assumed to reflect advantages in survival or reproduction, but body condition indices may not reflect body composition, or condition may be unrelated to fitness-associated traits. The relationship between body condition indices and composition has rarely been quantified in amphibians, and body condition has not ...
Hinderer RK, Hossack BR, Eby LA.
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A Body Condition Score for Crocodilians [PDF]
South American Journal of Herpetology, 2020 Body condition (BC) has been used extensively to evaluate fitness in animals. In traditional studies of crocodiles, the paradigm of evaluating BC with the Fulton index and interpreting the results with quartiles is predominant. However, the wide variety of indices available provides a diversity of tools with which BC can be interpreted in multiple ways.
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