Calculation of standard bodyweights for dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs.

ABSTRACT: Standard bodyweights are an essential component of calculations that summarise many population-level measures in companion animals, including the defined daily doses for veterinary species (DDDVet) reporting antimicrobial usage. Standard species bodyweights may originate from data derived from clinical records, but current methods to obtain these values risk inaccuracy because they exclude measurements obtained from juvenile animals and consider only individuals that have achieved stable adult bodyweight. This study aimed to improve the accuracy of standard population level species bodyweights through the development of a prediction modelling approach to estimate point mean population bodyweight in dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs. Data were obtained from the VetCompass database and in

SUBMITTER: Becker SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825090 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature