
%0 Journal Article
%A Briggs, SV 
%A Thornton, SA 
%T Abdominal Fat and Percentage Water as Predictors of Body-Fat in Adult Maned Duck, Chenonetta-Jubata
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1988/05/01
%V 15
%N 3
%P 231-234
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9880231
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9880231 
%X We derived 10 best fit regression equations for estimating body fat mass in maned duck carcasses. Body fat can be estimated from abdominal fat mass (females, R*2=0.86; males, R*2=0.81), percentage water (combined sexes, R2=0.83), and the Child-Marshall index (combined sexes, R*2=0.91). We recommend that body fat be estimated by the Child-Marshall equation where carcasses can be dried, and by abdominal fat equations otherwise. 
