Fat indices of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus in Svalbard
We determined the validity of water content, rump fat thickness, a subjective fat index, a kidney fat index, and an index based on total body weight (TBW) and the hind foot length (HFL) in order to predict lipid content of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus. The total fat content was either determined by e...
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crwiley:10.2981/wlb.2003.050 2024-09-15T17:36:57+00:00 Fat indices of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus in Svalbard Prestrud, Pål Pond, Caroline M. 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.2981/wlb.2003.050 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.2981/wlb.2003.050 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2981/wlb.2003.050 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Wildlife Biology volume 9, issue 3, page 193-197 ISSN 1903-220X 1903-220X journal-article 2003 crwiley https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.2003.050 2024-08-13T04:15:08Z We determined the validity of water content, rump fat thickness, a subjective fat index, a kidney fat index, and an index based on total body weight (TBW) and the hind foot length (HFL) in order to predict lipid content of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus. The total fat content was either determined by extracting lipid from minced carcasses (N = 75) or by dissecting all visible adipose tissue (N = 35). Water content and rump fat thickness proved to be the best predictors of fat content in arctic foxes. The ratio TBW/HFL was also a reliable index and should be a convenient and practicable way of estimating the condition of live foxes. A subjective fat index could be applied when divided into three categories, whereas the kidney fat index was not a reliable predictor of lipid content of arctic foxes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alopex lagopus Svalbard Wiley Online Library Wildlife Biology 9 3 193 197 |
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We determined the validity of water content, rump fat thickness, a subjective fat index, a kidney fat index, and an index based on total body weight (TBW) and the hind foot length (HFL) in order to predict lipid content of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus. The total fat content was either determined by extracting lipid from minced carcasses (N = 75) or by dissecting all visible adipose tissue (N = 35). Water content and rump fat thickness proved to be the best predictors of fat content in arctic foxes. The ratio TBW/HFL was also a reliable index and should be a convenient and practicable way of estimating the condition of live foxes. A subjective fat index could be applied when divided into three categories, whereas the kidney fat index was not a reliable predictor of lipid content of arctic foxes. |
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Fat indices of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus in Svalbard |
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