Body Morphometry of Newborn Cats
Jaqueline Lustosa Rodrigues Camapum
Criar Centro Veterinário, Rua Anfrísio Lobão, 2039, Jóquei, 64049-280, Teresina – PI, Brazil.
Filipi Alexandre do Nascimento Silva
Centro veterinário BioVet São Francisco, Rua Rui Barbosa, 2076, Pirajá, 64001-090, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Noely Martins Bringel de Morais Nonato
Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Thaís Camaso de Sá
Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, 4.282, 87.502-210, Umuarama, PR, Brazil.
Adrielly Dissenha
UNIPAR, Brazil.
Ana Maria Quessada *
UNIPAR, Brazil.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This study aimed to provide the body morphometric data of neonatal cats. A total of 48 neonatal cats (35 stillbirths and 13 live births) from the delivery of 13 queens were included for analysis. In all newborns, macromorphometric data were obtained, including body weight, total body length, crown-rump length, circumference of eye, ear length, abdominal length, biparietal diameter, thoracic length, caudal length, and size of the thoracic and pelvic limbs.
Keywords: Anatomic mensuration, feline, morphometry, neonatology