doi:10.1002/9781118704738.app13Canine body condition scoreJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.,Veterinary Forensics: Animal Cruelty Investigations
body condition scorecanine mammary tumourcancer-specific survivalimmunohistochemistryobesityObesity has been identified as a risk factor for developing breast cancer in post‐menopausal period in humans and has been suspected to be associated with a worse prognosis also in the bitch. The aims of this ...
Simple Summary Overweight is a growing problem in dogs worldwide and negative health effects associated with excess body weight are common. The body condition score (BCS) scale is a time- and resource-effective method to assess if a dog is overweight, but its precision among dog owners has be...
Accordingly, the best way to determine whether or not your dog is within the proper weight range is by determining his body condition score. You’ll essentially need to consider four components of your pet’s body to determine his score. These components include: How easy is it to feel your...
Understanding body and muscle condition scoring Abi Bautista-Alejandre, Assistant Editor December 11th 2024 Article Valerie J. Parker, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Nutrition), talked all about body condition score, muscle condition score, and obesity prevention during a lecture at the Fetch Long Beach confer...
This study included 10 client-owned, adult, mixed-breed dogs (age: 47.9 ± 26.4 months; weight: 21.76 ± 2.9 kg; body condition score: 5–6/9) without any detectable abnormalities on hindlimb radiographs and physical examinations, which were performed by two veterinary surge...
When possible, relevant individual data, such as sex, weight and body condition score (BCS), were recorded during post-mortem examination. The age of each fox undergoing post-mortem examination at the RDSVS was estimated on the basis of size, body weight and dentition. To allow data to be...
Effects of canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis ) on body condition and activity of free-ranging coyotes (Canis latrans - Sacks, Blejwas - 2000 () Citation Context ...nia coyotes. Canine heartworm is a geographically invasive parasite of significance to some domestic pets, wildlife populations ...
a reasonable level of vision and a body condition score ≤ 4; must not be on high dose oral corticosteroids and must pass a veterinary ‘fitness for trial’ checklist. Dogs must not suffer from any behavioural, medical or neurological condition which may present with similar clinical signs...
Clinicopathological data, including the breed, body weight, body condition score and age and neutering status, were collected, together with histopathological characteristics (i.e. histological types, grading and lymphatic invasion). To determine the expression of each factor, immunohistochemistry was ...