Internal organ weights of the blue penguin Eudyptula minor |
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Authors: | A. G. Hocken |
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Affiliation: | East Riding, Whiterocks Road, RD 6‐D, Oamaru, New Zealand E-mail: agh@es.co.nz |
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Abstract: | Abstract This work presents a database of weights of normal internal organs for the blue penguin, Eudyptula minor. During a necropsy study of 213 adult and fledged immature blue penguins, external body measurements and internal organ weights were recorded. The relationship between organ weights and body weights shows that the liver and abdominal fat pad are most closely correlated with the body mass index, a quantitative indication of adequacy of condition. |
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Keywords: | blue penguin Eudyptula minor internal organ weight nutrition |
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