Falciform fat:femur length ratio provides a novel method for objective postmortem estimation of total body fat in overweight and obese cats.

ABSTRACT: Determination of the nutritional condition, including estimation of amounts of total body fat (tBF), at routine postmortem examination of cats is typically based on subjective visual assessment. Subjective assessment may result in uncertainties regarding degree of overweight, and objective methods that provide a numerical value reflecting the tBF could be valuable to accurately judge excess body fat. We investigated if the falciform fat pad weight (FFPW) was correlated to tBF and could be used to detect overweight and obesity in cats. The FFPW and the femur length (FL) were recorded at postmortem examination in 54 cats and the FFPW:FL ratio (FFR) calculated. Each cat was additionally assigned to a fat category (FC) according to subjective assessment. Computed tomography was used to determi

SUBMITTER: Ley C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8915224 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature