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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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.317.9492 2023-05-15T13:19:45+02:00 Fat indices of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus in Svalbard Pål Prestrud Caroline M. Pond The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2003 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.317.9492 http://www.wildlifebiology.com/Downloads/Article/410/En/9_3_prestrud.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.317.9492 http://www.wildlifebiology.com/Downloads/Article/410/En/9_3_prestrud.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.wildlifebiology.com/Downloads/Article/410/En/9_3_prestrud.pdf Key words Arctic fox body composition fat indices text 2003 ftciteseerx 2016-09-04T00:11:03Z 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. Text Alopex lagopus Arctic Fox Arctic Svalbard Unknown Arctic Svalbard |
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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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