Use of a bioelectric impedance device in obese and lean healthy dogs to estimate body fat percentage

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 59-70

  Stone, Richard ^a   Berghoff, Nora ^b   Steiner, Jörg M ^b   Zoran, Deb ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

THYROXINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMPEDANCE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; OBESITY; THYROXINE;

EID: 70350490808     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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