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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 299-304Publisher
SIR PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518238
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blue penguin; Eudyptula minor; internal organ weight; nutrition
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This work presents a database of weights of normal internal organs for the blue penguin, Eudyptula minor. During a necropsy study of 213 adult and fledged immature blue penguins, external body measurements and internal organ weights were recorded. The relationship between organ weights and body weights shows that the liver and abdominal fat pad are most closely correlated with the body mass index, a quantitative indication of adequacy of condition.
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