A METHOD FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF WILD UNGULATES

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Bandy ◽  
I. McT. Cowan ◽  
W. D. Kitts ◽  
A. J. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Odocoileus Hemionus ◽  
Wild Ungulates ◽  
Odocoileus Hemionus Columbianus ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Hind Foot ◽  
The Relationship

A study has been made of the relationship existing between heart girth and body weight and hind foot length and body weight of growing Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus). From the results obtained, a method has been proposed for the assessment of the nutritional status of wild ungulates. This method involves a comparison of ratios of body weight estimated from heart girth to body weight estimated from hind foot length.

scholarly journals Reproduction and growth in a Neotropical arboreal mouse: Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) in French Guiana

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
François Catzeflis
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Crystalline Lens ◽  
Postnatal Growth ◽  
Morphometric Measurements ◽  
Daily Growth ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Average Litter Size ◽  
Hind Foot

Abstract: Postnatal growth and development of the small Neotropical mouse Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) were investigated from birth to day 143, in the laboratory. Morphometric measurements at age of 3 days, of both sexes combined, revealed body weight to be 3.4 ± 0.3 g, mean tail length as 27.4 ± 1.1 mm, and mean hind foot length as 9.3 ± 0.7 mm. Body weight was found to increase steadily until at least 69 days, whereas the instantaneous growth rates of other measurements declined earlier: the daily growth of hind foot length declined to a minimum at age of 24 days, and the growth of tail and of ear declined by the age of 33 days. Average litter size for 12 captive births was 2.5, ranging from 2 to 3. The preserved eye crystalline lens was weighted in 23 captive-born animals of known age, allowing a rough estimate of the age of reproduction in wild-caught animals. Based on the inferred relation between eye-lens weight and age, the youngest reproductive (pregnant) wild-caught females had an estimated age of 90 and 95 days.

Increased hip circumference in individuals with metabolic syndrome affects serum nesfatin-1 levels

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (1140) ◽  
pp. 600-605
Author(s):  
Tuba Tekin ◽  
Betül Çiçek ◽  
Nurefşan Konyalıgil ◽  
İnayet Güntürk ◽  
Cevat Yazıcı ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Hip Circumference ◽  
Anthropometric Indices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Significant Correlation

BackgroundThis case–control study was conducted to investigate the relationship between serum nesfatin-1 levels and nutritional status and blood parameters in patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.MethodsThirty patients (case) diagnosed with metabolic syndrome according to National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III criteria were included. Thirty healthy subjects (control) matched with patients with metabolic syndrome in terms of age, gender and body mass index were included. Three-day food consumption records were obtained. Anthropometric indices were measured and body composition was determined by bioelectrical impedance method. Biochemical parameters and serum nesfatin-1 levels were measured after 8 hours of fasting.ResultsSerum nesfatin-1 levels were 0.245±0.272 ng/mL in the case group and 0.528±0.987 ng/mL in the control group (p>0.05). There was a positive significant correlation between serum nesfatin-1 levels and body weight, waist and hip circumferences in the case group (p<0.05). Each unit increase in hip circumference measurement affects the levels of nesfatin by 0.014 times. In the control group, there was a positive significant correlation between body weight and serum nesfatin-1 levels (p<0.05). A significant correlation was detected between HbA1c and serum nesfatin-1 levels in the case group (p<0.05). A significant relationship was detected between dietary fibre intake and the serum nesfatin-1 levels in the case group (p<0.05).ConclusionsAnthropometric indices and blood parameters were correlated with serum nesfatin-1 levels in patients with metabolic syndrome. More clinical trials may be performed to establish the relationship between serum nesfatin-1 levels and nutritional status.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Body Mass Index with Body Fat Percentage of Participants EXPO 2021 Universitas Teuku Umar

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Suci Eka Putri ◽  
Adelina Irmayani Lubis
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Body Height ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Fat Percentage ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
The Relationship

Body mass index (BMI) is to monitor nutritional status adults, especially those related to deficiency and overweight. Body fat percentage can describe the risk of degenerative diseases.This study was conducted to measure the relationship between BMI and body fat percentage. Methods An analytical study was conducted to 41 male and 51 female participant from Universitas Teuku Umar. The body weight was measured using scales, whereas the body height was measured using microtoise. The body fat percentage was measured using Karada Scan. The BMI was calculated by dividing the body weight in kilogram divided by body height in meter square. Data was collected from 16-18th February 2021 and analyzed by Pearson’s correlation test. The results showed BMI underweight, normal, and overweight were 10,9, 57,6, and 31,5. High body fat percentage in men were 75,6% and in women were 35,5%. There is a relationship between the nutritional status of the women group and the body fat percentage with p-value is obtained = 0.021. Furthermore, for men, there is no relationship between nutritional status in the men group and the body fat percentage. There is a relationship between nutritional status and body fat percentage in women. Among this population, BMI can still be used to determine body fat percentage

scholarly journals Balanced Nutrition and Nutrition Status of Schoolchildren in Rural Areas of Ogan Komering Ilir District South Sumatra Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Fatmalina Febry ◽  
Anita Rahmiwati ◽  
Ditia Fitri Arinda
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
School Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

To support the growth and development of children and adolescents, a balanced nutritious diet is required. Indonesia issues a balanced nutrition guideline as the government's effort to overcome various nutritional problems in Indonesia.  This study aimed to evaluate the relationship among four pillars of balanced nutrition, namely eating a variety of foods, monitoring body weight, hygiene and healthy living habits and physical activity with nutritional status in school children. This study used a cross-sectional method which was conducted in elementary schools in rural areas with a number of sample of 80 schoolchildren with  purposive sampling technique. The data were taken directly by means of interviews and anthropometric measurements. Based on the results of the study, there was a relationship between various foods and physical activity with nutritional status, while for the clean and healthy living habits and monitoring of body weight there was no relationship to the nutritional status of school children.  There was a relationship between diverse foods and physical activity and nutritional status of schoolchildren in rural areas of Ogan Komering Ilir District.

Somatic characteristics and reproduction potential of snow vole and Tatra vole (Rodentia) in Slovakia

Biologia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Baláž ◽  
Michal Ambros
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Reproductive Potential ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
The Body ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Chionomys Nivalis ◽  
Reproduction Season ◽  
Hind Foot

AbstractSomatic features (morphometric or meristic features, i.e., body weight, length of body, tail, hind foot and ear) and reproduction characteristics (number of embryos in uterus, reproduction potential, duration of reproduction season) are the basic attributes of the biology of a species. In the present paper, biometry of somatic characteristics and reproduction potential of two mountain vole species, the Tatra vole (Microtus tatricus) and the snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) which originate from various sites of Slovakia, were investigated. Among somatic features, the body length, tail length, hind foot length, length of ear and body weight were assessed. The highest variability was found in body length and the lowest one in the hind foot length. These characteristics were evaluated separately for sub-adult and adult individuals, and males and females. Values of somatic features and body weight of both species are larger in males than in females. Throughout the life of these rodents, the ratio between the length of tail and length of body does not vary considerably. The reproductive potential of the two species is, compared to other small mammals, very low and the length of reproductive season is shorter in the extreme conditions of the mountain environment. Thanks to a sufficient data set, it was possible to evaluate the influence of altitude on somatic features as well as on reproduction potential of M. tatricus and it was found that the average values of somatic features and body weight increased with increasing altitude.

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARREN GROUND CARIBOU: I. HEART GIRTH, HIND FOOT LENGTH, AND BODY WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. McEwan ◽  
A. J. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Body Proportions ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Hind Foot ◽  
Nutritional Environment ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Groenlandicus

The changes in body weight and body proportions associated with growth in well-nourished captive barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) are described. Corresponding changes in free ranging wild caribou from the same population are compared with those obtained from the captive specimens. Body weight:hind foot length and body weight:heart girth ratios relative to age are examined as possible parameters for expressing the extent of developmental restriction imposed on the wild caribou by their nutritional environment.

scholarly journals Biological characteristics, feeding and structure of tunnels of the greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus) in the area of the regional landscape park “Velikoburlutskyi Steppe”

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Length ◽  
The Body ◽  
Couch Grass ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Mole Rat ◽  
Longitudinal Strip ◽  
Hind Foot ◽  
Regional Landscape ◽  
Burrow Structure

New data on the greater mole-rat’s biology in the territory of the Regional landscape park «Velikoburlutskyi steppe” (Kharkiv region, Ukraine) concerning nutrition, burrow structure and social structure are presented. The greater mole-rat has only one litter consisting of 1–3 pups during the year. Contrary to the prevailing general opinion that mole-rats lead solitary way of life we have found cohabitation of a female, a male and their young of the current year at three of the seven areas of our study. Young mole-rats settle in a new place at the end of June – early July. They can be found above ground often at this time. In the greater mole-rat population from the Regional Park “Velikoburlutskyi steppe” males are characterized by the body length of 220–260 mm, by hind foot length of 27–30 mm, by the body weight of 219–520 g. For adult females the average body length is 200–250 mm, the hind foot length is about 26–30 mm, the body weight ranges from 284 to 409.6 g. Many greater mole-rat specimens on the forehead or occiput have an individual light spot (yellowish-white) or a white longitudinal strip by which we can identify individuals at repeated catching. Eating the underground parts of plants, the mole-rat makes very long tunnels conducting by them horizontally and closely to the surface and throwing along them the large piles of soil (up to 0.5 m in diameter). Soil emissions marking feeding tunnels had a base diameter of up to 50–60 cm. In the nest part of the hole the number of habitable chambers and chambers for stocks can be up to 10, and they are located at the depth of 3.5 m. Digging activity of the mole-rat grows in late March – early April and in the autumn at the end of September – early October. We have repeatedly noted the appearance of emissions in the winter during the thaw. Mole-rats harm the agriculture with their digging activity (damage cultivated areas, digging under the plants and so on); in addition, mole-rats sometimes directly eat potato tubers, onion and other root vegetables. The total weight of one mole-rat stock can reach 16 kg. In one of burrows excavated by us near the vegetable gardens of locals in Nesterivka village of Velikoburlukskyi district in Kharkiv region we found 8 kg of potatoes, 4 kg of carrots, 3 kg of greater burdock roots, 0.6 kg of couch grass roots.

Habitat use and body form of the long-tailed mouse (Pseudomys higginsi)

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 733 ◽  
Author(s):  
DM Stoddart ◽  
G Challis
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Body Form ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
Hind Foot ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Forest Habitats

The Tasmanian long-tailed mouse (Pseudomys higginsi) is more readily trapped in upland habitats (alpine and montane forest habitats) than in lowland forests in southern Tasmania. Morphometric examination of the relationship between hind-foot length and head-body length, and tail length and head-body length, in eight species of Pseudomys reveals that P. higginsi has both a relatively longer hind foot and tail than other species in the genus, but the significance of this is unclear.

scholarly journals The Association Between Physical Activity with Nutritional Status of Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Medan City

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Erni Rukmana ◽  
Tyas Permatasari ◽  
Esi Emilia
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Excess Body Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Maintain Body Weight ◽  
The Relationship

Background; nutritional status is a condition in which a person's body is healthy or not, which can be seen anthropometrically, biochemically, physically, and dietary intake. The state of excess intake and inadequate activity will lead to excess body weight. During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical activity decreased among adolescents, so there is a risk of being overweight. Objectives; to analyze the relationship between activity and nutritional status in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Medan City. Material and Method; analytical survey with cross-sectional study approach. This research was conducted by collecting data online in Medan City. The sample of this study was adolescents with a random sampling of 99 samples. Results; This study shows that there is a association between physical activity and nutritional status in adolescents with p-value (0,008). Conclusion; physical activity is needed to maintain body weight during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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