Estimation of Height at Withers Based on Long Bone Measurements of Living Cats

Poradowski D., MUTLU Z., ALTUNDAĞ Y., Chrószcz A., Sarıtaş Ö., Wolińska J., ...Daha Fazla

Veterinary Sciences, cilt.11, sa.11, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/vetsci11110522
  • Dergi Adı: Veterinary Sciences
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cat, gender, height at withers, long bones, slenderness
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

The study deals with new method of the shoulder height estimation in cats using the measurements available in the x-ray examination. The imaging of limbs skeleton in 37 domestic cats (17 queens and 20 tomcats) were used for the mathematic equation development, which allows for computing the shoulder height on the basis of the greatest length of subsequent limb’s bones. The sexual differences were found only in the humerus and talus. The gender influenced also the slenderness of the bones. The achieved results proved that the new method is more accurate than used routinely earlier and introduced by Koudelka over 100 years ago. The values of the shoulder height computed with the new method were also closer to the values measured using the zoometric stick (the tool used in shoulder height estimation in standing animal).