Organ scaling in the raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray 1834, as monitored by influences of internal and external factors

Effects of dietary supplement of methionine and lysine on blood parameters and fur quality in blue fox during low-protein feeding

“…In the present study, the lowered enzyme activities in low-protein groups become even more evident if the increased relative sizes of the liver and kidney are taken into account (Table 6). A similar negative correlation between body weight and liver and kidney weights has previously been observed in Raccoon dog during restricted feeding (Korhonen & Harri 1985).…”

Effects of dietary supplement of methionine and lysine on blood parameters and fur quality in blue fox during low-protein feeding

“…In the present study, the lowered enzyme activities in low-protein groups become even more evident if the increased relative sizes of the liver and kidney are taken into account (Table 6). A similar negative correlation between body weight and liver and kidney weights has previously been observed in Raccoon dog during restricted feeding (Korhonen & Harri 1985).…”

In-cage sandbox as a ground substitute for farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus): Effects on digging activity and welfare

“…For example, the thymus glands of adult red foxes with mange were smaller than those of healthy animals (Twigg and Harris 1982). Similarly, malnourished raccoon dogs were found to have smaller thymus glands than animals with a normal body condition (Korhonen and Harri 1984). In the present study, significant differences were not found in size of thymus between experimental groups.…”

Anatomical and physiological basis for the allometric scaling of cisplatin clearance in dogs

“…The allometric equations describing organ weights in the present study were robust, with data (288 kidney weights and 238 heart weights) ranging over more than two orders of magnitude in body weights, from 0.34 to 72 kg. In previously published reports, the data were either collected from a homogenous population or sample sizes were small (Jackson & Cappiello, ; Deavers et al ., ; Steward et al ., ; Lutzen et al ., ; Nemec & Vortel, ; Korhonen & Harri, ). This paucity of data has led veterinary pathologists to estimate normal kidney and heart size as a fixed proportion of body weight.…”

Effects of dietary supplement of methionine and lysine on blood parameters and fur quality in blue fox during low-protein feeding

“…In the present study, the lowered enzyme activities in low-protein groups become even more evident if the increased relative sizes of the liver and kidney are taken into account (Table 6). A similar negative correlation between body weight and liver and kidney weights has previously been observed in Raccoon dog during restricted feeding (Korhonen & Harri 1985).…”

In-cage sandbox as a ground substitute for farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus): Effects on digging activity and welfare

“…For example, the thymus glands of adult red foxes with mange were smaller than those of healthy animals (Twigg and Harris 1982). Similarly, malnourished raccoon dogs were found to have smaller thymus glands than animals with a normal body condition (Korhonen and Harri 1984). In the present study, significant differences were not found in size of thymus between experimental groups.…”

Anatomical and physiological basis for the allometric scaling of cisplatin clearance in dogs

“…The allometric equations describing organ weights in the present study were robust, with data (288 kidney weights and 238 heart weights) ranging over more than two orders of magnitude in body weights, from 0.34 to 72 kg. In previously published reports, the data were either collected from a homogenous population or sample sizes were small (Jackson & Cappiello, ; Deavers et al ., ; Steward et al ., ; Lutzen et al ., ; Nemec & Vortel, ; Korhonen & Harri, ). This paucity of data has led veterinary pathologists to estimate normal kidney and heart size as a fixed proportion of body weight.…”

Effects of dietary supplement of methionine and lysine on blood parameters and fur quality in blue fox during low-protein feeding

“…In the present study, the lowered enzyme activities in low-protein groups become even more evident if the increased relative sizes of the liver and kidney are taken into account (Table 6). A similar negative correlation between body weight and liver and kidney weights has previously been observed in Raccoon dog during restricted feeding (Korhonen & Harri 1985).…”

In-cage sandbox as a ground substitute for farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus): Effects on digging activity and welfare

“…For example, the thymus glands of adult red foxes with mange were smaller than those of healthy animals (Twigg and Harris 1982). Similarly, malnourished raccoon dogs were found to have smaller thymus glands than animals with a normal body condition (Korhonen and Harri 1984). In the present study, significant differences were not found in size of thymus between experimental groups.…”

Anatomical and physiological basis for the allometric scaling of cisplatin clearance in dogs

“…The allometric equations describing organ weights in the present study were robust, with data (288 kidney weights and 238 heart weights) ranging over more than two orders of magnitude in body weights, from 0.34 to 72 kg. In previously published reports, the data were either collected from a homogenous population or sample sizes were small (Jackson & Cappiello, ; Deavers et al ., ; Steward et al ., ; Lutzen et al ., ; Nemec & Vortel, ; Korhonen & Harri, ). This paucity of data has led veterinary pathologists to estimate normal kidney and heart size as a fixed proportion of body weight.…”