R. Speakman (ed.)

Body Composition Analysis of Animals

Herausgeber: Speakman, John R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evaluation and assessment of new advances in the analysis of animal body composition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780521663380
• ISBN-10: 0521663385
• Artikelnr.: 21565145

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction J. R. Speakman; 1. Morphological indices of body condition:
useful or wishful thinking? J. P. Hayes and J. S. Shonkwiler; 2. Standard
destructive methods of body composition analysis D. S. Reynolds and T. H.
Kunz; 3. The use of isotope dilution methods for the measurement of body
composition J. R. Speakman, G. H. Visser, S. Ward and E. Król; 4. Gas
dilution methods for measurement of body composition B. Henen; 5. The use
of total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) to determine body composition
of vertebrates I. Scott, C. Selman, P. I. Mitchell and P. R. Evans; 6. The
use of bio-electrical impedance analyses (BIA) for estimation of body
composition W. van Marken Lichtenbelt; 7. The assessment of body condition
and other parameters by ultrasound imaging J. M. Starck, M. Dietz and T.
Piersma; 8. The use of dual X-ray absorptiometry for the measurement of
body composition T. R. Nagy.