Protein metabolism and physical fitness are physiological determinants of body condition in Southern European carnivores
| Autor: | Luís Miguel Rosalino, Maria José Santos, Helena Rio-Maior, Margarida Santos-Reis, Francisco Álvares, Pedro Monterroso, Francisco Díaz-Ruiz, Nuno C. Santos, José A. Barasona, Pablo Ferreras, Mónia Nakamura |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, European Commission, Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (España), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (Portugal), Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Physiological significance Physiology Ecophysiology Physical fitness Protein metabolism lcsh:Medicine Biology Age and sex 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Article Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Mediterranean environments Mass index lcsh:Science 2. Zero hunger Hematologic Tests Body condition Multidisciplinary Ecology business.industry lcsh:R Proteins Carnivory 030104 developmental biology Nutritional physiology chemistry Physical Fitness Carnivores lcsh:Q Iberia business Body mass index Blood Chemical Analysis |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020) Scientific Reports |
| Popis: | The physiological significance of biometric body condition indices (bBCI) is poorly understood. We hypothesized that bBCI are composite metrics of nutritional physiology, physical fitness and health. To test this hypothesis, we first compared the performance of eight bBCI, using 434 Southern European carnivores from six species as a model system; and then identified, by non-destructive methods, the hematology and serum biochemistry correlates of three selected bBCI. Fulton’s K Index, Major Axis Regression Residuals and Scaled Mass Index were the only bBCI insensitive to the effect of sex and age. The most informative physiological parameters in explaining the variation of these bBCI were the albumin (Effect Size (ES) = − 1.66 to − 1.76), urea (ES = 1.61 to 1.85) and total bilirubin (ES = − 1.62 to − 1.79). Hemoglobin and globulins (positive) and cholesterol (negative) were moderately informative (0.9 This work was supported by Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha [Project PREG-05-23], Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and European Union-FEDER funds [Project CGL2009-10741]; Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales [Project OAPN352/2011]; Empreendimentos Eólicos do Vale do Minho S.A. and Associação para a Conservação do Habitat do Lobo Ibérico (ACHLI); Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia [grants SFRH/BPD/116596/2016 to N.S. and SFRH/BD/144087/2019 to M.N. and UID/BIA/50027/2019 to P.M.]; FCT/MCTES, through national funds, and the co-funding by the FEDER, within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement and Compete 2020 [cE3c—UIDB/00329/2020]; Juan de la Cierva research contracts from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Funder Id: 10.13039/501100004837 from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness [FJCI-2015-24949 to F.D.R.]; and the European Union H2020 [Project H2020 VACDIVA 862874 to J.A.B.]. |
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