Measurement of obesity in companion animals All measures of adiposity involve defining body composition, or the "relative amounts of the various biological components of the body." The main conceptual division of importance is between fat mass (FM, the triglyceride component in adipose tissue) and lean body mass (LBM).
Surgical Neurology Branch (R.J.W., A.O.V., H.L.D., J.W., E.H.O.), National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, and Reproductive Medicine and Biology Branch (L.K.N.), National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1414 Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Edward H.
AVANCES EN EL CONOCIMIENTO DEL HIPOTIROIDISMO CANINO TRABAJO ORIGINAL EN: Canine Hypothyroidism, An Overview Erin Bell, DVM; Kenneth S. Latimer, DVM, PhD; Bruce E. LeRoy, DVM, PhD; Holly Moore, DVMClass of 2005 (Bell) and Department of Pathology (Latimer, LeRoy, Moore) College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7388.