Assessment of Body Condition in Long-Distance Sled Dogs: Validation of the Body Condition Score and Its Association with Ultrasonographic, Plicometric, and Anthropometric Measurements.

Regarding the effect of neutering, a borderline significant reduction in chest subcutaneous fat thickness assessed via ultrasonography was found ( p = 0.050), with a tendency for this measure to be greater in females than in males ( p < 0.10).

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A trend toward significance ( p < 0.10), with males showing higher values than females, was also observed for body weight (BW), occipital to tail-base length (OT), tarsal pad to heel distance (TH), and subcutaneous fat thickness at the lumbar level measured via real-time ultrasonography.

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