Relationships between body condition score, body weight and body measurements in alpacas [PDF]
Irish Veterinary JournalBackground The nutritional status in alpacas is often masked by their dense fibre coat. Its assessment is commonly approached by different body condition scores (BCS) that rely on manual palpation of defined anatomical regions.
Johannes Buchallik-Schregel +9 more
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Body condition score at calving, subclinical ketosis, postpartum body condition score losses, diseases, and fertility in Holstein cows: modelling confounding associations [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal ScienceThis study examined the association between energy metabolism-related variables and conception rate at first service (CRFS) in Holstein cows. It focused on identifying confounding relationships among key factors.
Pedro Melendez +4 more
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Predicting Ewe Body Condition Score Using Lifetime Liveweight and Liveweight Change, and Previous Body Condition Score Record [PDF]
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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Owner misperception of canine body condition persists despite use of a body condition score chart* [PDF]
Journal of Nutritional Science, 2014 Canine obesity is a prevalent disease, but many owners are unaware of it, partly due to misperception of their dog's body shape. Body condition scoring (BCS) is a simple method of assessing body composition, but whether it can reduce owner misperception ...
Rebekah C. Eastland-Jones +4 more
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Are Horse Owners Able to Estimate Their Animals’ Body Condition Score and Cresty Neck Score? [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Obesity and overconditioning are becoming more prevalent in horses, and are influencing the animal’s health, activity, and reproductive efficiency.
Sara Busechian +6 more
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Genetic relationships between calving interval and body condition score conditional on milk yield [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2002 Body condition score (BCS) is a useful tool in assessing the energy status of dairy cattle. Previous research has shown that it is heritable and genetically correlated to reproductive performance. Currently, interest exists in developing selection indexes for fertility that include BCS information.
Brotherstone, S.H. +3 more
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Establishment of the body condition score for adult female Xenopus laevis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The assessment of animals' health and nutritional status using a Body Condition Score (BCS) has become a common and reliable tool in lab-animal science. It enables a simple, semi-objective, and non-invasive assessment (palpation of osteal prominences and
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Journal of Dairy Science: Body condition score and hyperketonemia (HYK) have been associated with diseases, fertility, and culling, but data are contradictory about their association with pregnancy loss.
K.C. Krogstad, B.J. Bradford
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Corrigendum to “Body condition score at calving, subclinical ketosis, postpartum body condition score losses, diseases, and fertility in Holstein cows: modelling confounding associations” [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal SciencePedro Melendez +4 more
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Animals, 2023 Body condition in horses is a growing concern that has different patterns of development in horses that are above and below the ideal range. This study used professional and para-professional evaluators (veterinarians, farriers, trainers, Danish ...
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