Indices of fat reserves of raccoon dogs

Abstract

Reliability of body fat indices in raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) was examined using 81 specimens which were culled or died from traffic accidents in Honshu, Japan, in 1992 and 1993. The amount of whole body fat highly correlated with the peripheral kidney and tongue fats, but not with the back fat, femur marrow fat, and obesity index. An order of fat absorption among the fat indices examined was not prominent.