Open AccessA preliminary note on the visual changes in femur marrow fat as an indicator of femur fat percentage of springbok<i> Antidorcas Marsupialis</i> and blesbok<i> Damaliscus Dorcas Phillipsi</i>
Author(s) -
Dougbag A el-S
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v16i1.899
Subject(s) - cervus elaphus , femur , biology , anatomy , zoology , ecology , paleontology
Changes occuring in marrow fat reserves of animals have been used as an indicator of their physical condition (Cheatum, 1949; Riney, 1955).
Cheatum correlated his visual estimate with a chemical analysis and Riney used four different condition classes on red deer (Cervus elaphus) for both colour and texture.