Body mass index and body chemical components in Pelibuey ewes
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2020 The present study determined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and chemical components in Pelibuey ewes. The BMI was determined in 28 ewes. At slaughter, internal organs and blood were weighed, then were mixed and grounded.
Eufracia R. Salazar-Caytun +4 more
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Morphology and ecology of sibon snakes (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from two forests in Central America [PDF]
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2013 Physical measurements, abundance, and ecological observations were recorded for Sibon annulatus,S. argus, S. longifrens, and S. nebulatus at two Neotropical habitats: a lowland swamp forest in Costa Rica and a montane cloud forest in Panama.
Todd R. Lewis +6 more
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¿Los sujetos con obesidad subestiman su tamaño corporal? Una revisión narrativa de los métodos de estimación y teorías explicativas [PDF]
, 2018 The widespread of overweight and obesity in the developed countries is a real societal issue, nevertheless a considerable amount of subjects with obesity do not recognize their condition.
Granese, Valentina +2 more
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Early maternal experience shapes offspring performance in the wild [PDF]
, 2013 Both the environments experienced by a mother as a juvenile and an adult can affect her investment in offspring. However, the implications of these maternal legacies, both juvenile and adult, for offspring fitness in natural populations are unclear.
Armstrong, J.D. +4 more
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Body Temperature as a Conditional Response Measure for Pavlovian Fear Conditioning [PDF]
Learning & Memory, 2000 On six days rats were exposed to each of two contexts. They received an electric shock in one context and nothing in the other. Rats were tested later in each environment without shock. The rats froze and defecated more often in the shock-paired environment; they also exhibited a significantly larger elevation in rectal temperature in that environment.
B P, Godsil, J J, Quinn, M S, Fanselow
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The static allometry of sexual and non-sexual traits in vervet monkeys [PDF]
, 2014 Sexual traits vary tremendously in static allometry. This variation may be explained in part by body size-related differences in the strength of selection.
Cramer, Jennifer Danzy +6 more
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Performance of the long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus, under warming conditions
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Temperature is a determinant cue for several behavioral, physiological, and metabolic processes in fish, which occur within a range set to optimize species fitness. Understanding how ocean warming will impact species, at individual and population levels,
Ana Beatriz Costa +5 more
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Concentrations of Some Minerals According to Body Condition in Local Sheep
The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2011 Calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, sodium, potassium and chloride concentrations were estimated in 150 sheep in Baghdad classified according to body condition toemaciated, weamediu and fat sheep.
M H . Al-Judi
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Obesity prevalence and associated risk factors in outdoor living domestic horses and ponies [PDF]
, 2014 Reasons for performing study. The prevalence of obesity in companion animals, including horses and ponies has risen drastically in recent years and risk factors have been little investigated.
Giles, Sarah L +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 When Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) spawn and die, they deliver marine‐derived nutrient subsidies to freshwater and riparian ecosystems. These subsidies can alter the behavior, productivity, and abundance of recipient species and their habitats ...
Nicola F. Rammell +3 more
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