Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Computer tomographic investigation of subcutaneous adipose tissue as an indicator of body composition. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Research Computer tomographic investigation of subcutaneous adipose tissue as an indicator of body composition Fintan J McEvoy 1 Mads T Madsen2 Mai B Nielsen2 and Eiliv L Svalastoga1 Address Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences University of Copenhagen 32 Dyrlaegevej DK-1870 Frederiksberg C Denmark and 2Danish Pig Production 3 Axeltorv DK-1609 Copenhagen Denmark Email Fintan J McEvoy - fme@ Mads T Madsen - mtma@ Mai B Nielsen - mfn@ Eiliv L Svalastoga - es@ Corresponding author Open Access Published I July 2009 Received 2 March 2009 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavian 2009 51 28 doi 1751-0147-51 -28 Accepted 1 July 2009 This article is available from http content 51 1 28 2009 McEvoy et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Modern computer tomography CT equipment can be used to acquire whole-body data from large animals such as pigs in minutes or less. In some circumstances computer assisted analysis of the resulting image data can identify and measure anatomical features. The thickness of subcutaneous adipose tissue at a specific site measured by ultrasound is used in the pig industry to assess adiposity and inform management decisions that have an impact on reproduction food conversion performance and sow longevity. The measurement site called P2 is used throughout the industry. We propose that CT can be used to measure subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness and identify novel measurement sites that can be used as predictors of general adiposity. Methods Growing pigs N 12 were each CT scanned on three occasions. From these data the total volume
