INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTRODES ON THE BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE VALUES AND IN THE ESTIMATION OF LEAN BODY MASS (LBM) IN ADULT CATS

Authors

  • Thassila Caccia Feragi Cintra Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV UNESP Jaboticabal
  • Júlio Carlos Canola Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV/UNESP - Jaboticabal
  • Naida Cristina Borges Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV/UNESP - Jaboticabal
  • Ricardo Souza Vasconcelos Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV/UNESP - Jaboticabal
  • Rosana Zanatta Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV/UNESP - Jaboticabal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.4393

Keywords:

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Abstract

The bioelectrical impedance is a method that applies impedance technology in the study of physical composition by evaluation of electrical conductivity difference on each organism tissue. The results of bioelectrical impedance (BIC) are expressed by the resistance (R) and reactance (Xc) primary measures. This study was carried out to verify the viability of the use of three different electrodes on the repeatability of R and Xc values in adult cats. The averages of R and Xc estimated by adhesive and acupuncture needles did not differ from each other (p?0.05) and the smaller values of the variation coefficient acquired with these electrodes signaled for a better reproducibility of the results when compared with hypodermic needle. The different types of electrode did not interfere on the LBM estimated by specific equation, but the acupuncture needle electrode was the most stable and easily applicable. The LBM values determined with the different types of electrode were higher (p?0.05) than the LBM dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) values, probably due to the specific equation to LBM estimation used in this study.

KEY WORDS: Body composition, feline, impedance, lean body mass.

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Author Biography

Thassila Caccia Feragi Cintra, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV UNESP Jaboticabal

Thassila Caccia Feragi Cintra Médica Veterinária Residente do Setor de Diagnóstico por Imagem no Hospital Veterinário da Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - FCAV/UNESP - Jaboticabal - SP

Júlio Carlos Canola Prof. Dr. (Assistente Doutor) do Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinaria da FCAV/UNESP - Jaboticabal.

Naida Cristina Borges - Professora Assistente do Departamento de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade federal de Goiás Goiânia - GO.

Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi - Prof. Dr. (Assistente Doutor) do Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária da FCAV/UNESP Jaboticabal.

Ricardo Souza Vasconcelos - Pós-garduando do curso de doutorado em Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária FCAV/UNESP Jaboticabal.

Rosana Zanatta - Pós-graduanda do curso de doutorado em Diagnóstico por Imagem do Departamento de clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária da FCAV/UNESP Jaboticabal 

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

CINTRA, T. C. F.; CANOLA, J. C.; BORGES, N. C.; CARCIOFI, A. C.; VASCONCELOS, R. S.; ZANATTA, R. INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTRODES ON THE BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE VALUES AND IN THE ESTIMATION OF LEAN BODY MASS (LBM) IN ADULT CATS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 149–155, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.4393. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4393. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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