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Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Alpacas and llamas are increasingly presented at the veterinary clinic in Germany. Owners often notice too late when their animal is emaciated or anaemic. Emaciation can be detected by checking the so-called body condition score (BCS).
M. Wagener +4 more
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Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Body condition scoring is a valuable tool used to assess the changes in subcutaneous body tissue reserves of dairy cows throughout the lactation. A visual method is typically used to assign a body condition score (BCS) to a cow following a
R. Albornoz +3 more
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Cow Body Shape and Automation of Condition Scoring [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2008 The feasibility of including a body shape measure in methods for automatic monitoring of body reserves of cattle was evaluated. The hypothesis tested was that the body shape of a fatter cow is rounder than that of a thin cow and, therefore, may better fit a parabolic shape.
Halachmi, I +3 more
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Nutritional consulting in regular veterinary practices in Belgium and the Netherlands
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022 Background Increased interest in nutrition by dog and cat owners stresses the importance of providing tailored nutritional guidance for each patient by veterinarians.
Niels R. Blees +4 more
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2021 Lameness, one of the most important disorders in the dairy industry, is related to postpartum diseases and has an effect on dairy cow welfare, leading to changes in cows' daily behavioral variables.
P. Hut +7 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Accurate estimation of body weight (BW) and condition (BCS) is important in the equine practice. The main goal of this research was to develop models for the prediction of BW and BCS of horses in the practice using both common morphometric measurements ...
Nadine Urbanek, Qendrim Zebeli
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Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Association of body condition scoring with the amount and mobilization of backfat and skeletal muscle around calving in dairy cows, although essential, has not been sufficiently investigated yet. The metabolic state of subcutaneous fat can
N. Siachos +5 more
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Body mass index, energy reserves, and tissue composition of cuts of Corriedale lambs [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2020 : The objective of this work was to identify relationships of the body mass index (BMI) with the body energy reserves and tissue composition of shoulder and leg cuts of Corriedale lambs. Twenty-two sheep with average age of 18 months were used.
Pablo Tavares Costa +5 more
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Effects of various factors on Doppler flow ultrasonic radial and coccygeal artery systolic blood pressure measurements in privately-owned, conscious dogs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of age, body condition score (BCS) and muscle condition score (MCS) on indirect radial and coccygeal Doppler systolic arterial blood pressure (SAP) measurements in dogs.
Allison P. Mooney +3 more
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Body condition score and live-weight effects on milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian dairy cows [PDF]
, 2007 peer-reviewedThe objective of the present study was to quantify the relationships among body condition score (BCS; scale 1 to 5), live weight (WT) and milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian spring calving dairy cows.
Buckley, Frank +2 more
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