69741 20190709135538.0 doi 10.5424/sjar/2017154-11732 sideral 104822 ART-2017-104822 eng Martin-Gimenez, T. Development of an index based on ultrasonographic measurements for the objective appraisal of body condition in Andalusian horses 2017 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Body condition scoring (BCS) is an indirect measure of the level of subcutaneous fat; however, by measuring the subcutaneous fat thicknesses (SFT), the precision of the degree of fatness assessment is improved. The aims were: 1) to develop an alternative body fat scoring index (BFSI) based on ultrasonographic measurements; 2) to assess the agreement between BCS and the new index applied to Andalusian horses; 3) to adjust the BCS cut-off values (if necessary) for overweight and obesity in this breed. One hundred and sixty-six Andalusian horses were included in this cross sectional study. On each horse, BCS, body fat percentage (BF%) and ultrasonography of SFT at localized deposits were evaluated. According to BFSI five possible body categories were established. Only one horse (0.6%) was classified as emaciated, 9.0% as thin, 74.7% as normal, 11.4% as overweight and 4.2% as obese. Despite higher BCS and SFT values were observed compared to other breeds, most of the horses evaluated presented a normal body condition under the new BFSI. BCS and BFSI were significantly associated (p<0.001), however, the concordance was low (weighted Cohen’s kappa coefficient, 0.262 ± 0.071; p=0.004). Using BFSI, obese horses had significantly greater BF% than the rest of categories (p<0.001). BCS showed a good diagnostic accuracy for detection overweight (AUC = 0.759 ± 0.055; p<0.001) and obese (AUC = 0.878 ± 0.050; p=0.001) horses; redefining the cut-off values for overweight and obesity condition as 7.5/9 and 8.5/9 respectively in Andalusian horses. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.811 2017 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 29 / 56 = 0.518 2017 Q3 T2 0.37 2017 Agronomy and Crop Science 2017 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Aguirre-Pascasio, C.N. (orcid)0000-0002-1204-4356 de Blas, I. Universidad de Zaragoza 1009 773 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Patología Animal Área Sanidad Animal 15, 4 (2017), e0609 [11 pp] Span. j. agric. res. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 1695-971X 223474 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/69741/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 118171 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/69741/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:69741 articulos driver 2019-07-09-12:06:17 ARTICLE