Morphometric data of wolf (Canis lupus L.) internal organs

• Main Authors: Špinkytė-Bačkaitienė, Renata, Pėtelis, Kęstutis
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Ekologija ir aplinkotyra / Ecology and environmental sciences (N012); Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/79843

The aim of this study is to perform the morphometric analysis of wolves' (Canis lupus L.) internal organs and to compare these data. We were compared data of the heart, the lungs, the liver, the kidney and the spleen weight by S. Dvarc method of morphophysiological indicators (1958, 1968). We measured the internal organs of five males and one female: the heart, the lungs, the craw, the liver, the kidney, the spleen, small and large intestines, the caecum, the ileum. The mean weight of investigated wolves' males' heart was 336.8±48.29 g, of female -246.7 g. The relative weight of wolves' heart was 9.4±0.29% (9.4%). The weight of lungs was 420.5±42.48g (361.5 g). The weight of investigated wolves' liver was 815.9±66.67g (671.1 g). The mean weight ofright kidney was 118.9±11.64g(88.7g),ofleft kidney-126.9±12.95g(92.8 g). The mean weight of spleen was 76.5±9.85 g (64.4 g). The mean length of the intestine of investigated bodies was 5 3 3 cm, of female - 491 cm Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas Žemės ūkio akademija