Time | BCS vs DXA fat |
---|
Week 0 | 0.72*** |
Week 8 | 0.48* |
Week 16 | 0.62** |
Week 24 | 0.58** |
Week 32 | 0.64*** |
Overall (weeks 0–32) | 0.61*** |
- BCS = body condition score. DXA fat = dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined total body fat (%). Six-month through to 14-month old castrated male sheep. Measurements taken every 8 weeks over 32 weeks (n = 24, Exp. 3). The associations are represented as correlation coefficients (r). Asterisks indicate statistical significance at: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001