Research Article
Ultrasonic Measurement of Body Fat as a Means of Assessing Body Condition in Free-Ranging Raccoons (Procyon lotor)
Table 2
Medians and 10th to 90th percentiles (in cm) for ultrasound fat depth measurements by site and body condition score category (BCS 1–9) (total
).
| BCS | Interscapular | Thoracolumbar | Lumbosacral | Ventral midline | | Median | 10th–90th | Median | 10th–90th | Median | 10th–90th | Median | 10th–90th |
| 1 () | 0.14 | — | 0.14 | — | 0.14 | — | 0.12 | — | 2 () | 0.21 | 0.16–0.26 | 0.18 | 0.12–0.24 | 0.17 | 0.16–0.18 | 0.11 | 0.1–0.12 | 3 () | 0.29 | 0.22–0.42 | 0.30 | 0.22–0.53 | 0.28 | 0.2–0.41 | 0.18 | 0.16–0.43 | 4 () | 0.34 | 0.22–0.65 | 0.34 | 0.26–0.57 | 0.28 | 0.24–0.85 | 0.18 | 0.16–0.26 | 5 () | 0.3 | 0.22–0.61 | 0.37 | 0.26–0.53 | 0.36 | 0.26–0.52 | 0.2 | 0.12–0.26 | 6 () | 0.32 | 0.25–0.46 | 0.38 | 0.32–0.49 | 0.41 | 0.26–0.57 | 0.22 | 0.16–0.32 | 7 () | 0.37 | 0.26–0.5 | 0.4 | 0.31–0.7 | 0.48 | 0.34–0.68 | 0.3 | 0.23–0.49 | 8 () | 0.41 | 0.34–0.61 | 0.45 | 0.38–0.83 | 0.51 | 0.41–0.67 | 0.41 | 0.24–1.03 | 9 () | 0.43 | — | 0.61 | — | 0.75 | — | 0.69 | — |
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