Body Condition Body Condition ScoreScore

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Risk Possibility

• Metabolic disorder– hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance, glucose intolerace or hepatic

lipidosis

• Endocrinopaty – hyperadrenocortisism, hypotiroidism, diabetes mellitus,

insulinoma, hypopituitarism atau hipotalamic lesion

• Orthopaedic– osteoarthritis, humeral condylar fractures, cranial cruciate

ligament rupture atau intervertebral disk disease

• Cardiorespiratory– tracheal collapse, brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome

atau laryngeal paralysis

Risk Possibility

• Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence, urolithiasis especially calcium oxalat crystal, transitional cell carcinoma and dystocia

• Neoplasia– mammary tumor, or transitional cell carcinoma

• Other risk of diseases : – osteoatrhritis and other joint diseases– respiratory compromise (dispnea, hypertension)– exercise intolerance, heat stroke or heat intolerance– immunosupression– reduced life expenctancy

Clinical Relevance Techniques

• Body Weight

• Body Condition Score

• Morphometric measurement

• Body Mass Index

• Dilutional techniques

• Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)

• Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Research techniques

• Densitometry

• Computed Tomography (CT)

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

• Total body electrical conductivity

• Total body potassium

• Neutron activation analysis

BCS Method

• Semi-quantitative subjective evaluation method combining visible characteristic and palpation of a certain regions of the body.

• This evaluation is conducted in accordance with simple criteria : size and location of major adipose deposit, the visible and invisible structure and silhouette of animal

Grades

• 3 grades– 1=slim– 2=optimal– 3=excessive

Grades

• 5 grades (Edney & Smith, 1986)– 1=gaunt– 2=slim– 3=optimal– 4=overweight– 5=obese

Grades

• 9 grades (Laflamme, 1993, Laflamme et al., 1994)– 1-4=emaciated to slim– 5=optimal– 6-9=increasingly overweight

Cat BCS 1

• Ribcage, spine, shoulder blade and pelvis easily visible

• Obvious loss of muscle mass

• No palpable fat on rib cage

Cat BCS 2

• Ribcage, spine, shoulder blades and pelvis visible

• Obvious abdominal tuck (waist)

• Minimal abdominal fat

Cat BCS 3

• Ribcage, spine not visible but easily palpable

• Obvious abdominal tuck (waist)

• Little abdominal fat

Cat BCS 4

• Ribcage, spine not easily palpable

• Abdominal tuck (waist) absent

• Obvious abdominal distension

Cat BCS 5

• Massive thoracic, spinal and abdominal fat deposits

• Massive abdominal distension

Dog BCS 1

• Ribcage, spine, shoulder baldes and pelvis easily visible (short hair)

• Obvious loss of muscle mass

• No palpable fat on ribcage

Dog BCS 2

• Ribcage, spine, shoulder blades and pelvis visible

• Obvious abdominal tuck (waist)

• No palpable fat on ribcage

Dog BCS 3

• Ribcage, spine, shooulder blades and pelvis not visible but easily palpable

• Obvious abominal tuck (waist)

• Thin layer of fat tissue palpable on ribcage

Dog BCS 4

• Ribcage, spine, shoulder blades and hibones palpable with difficulty

• Abdominal tuck (waist) absent

• Fat deposit obvious on spine and base of tail

Dog BCS 5

• Massive fat deposit on thorax, spine and base of tail

• Obvious abdominal distension