| The photo below was taken in attempts to show the powder down feathers which outline the furcular hollow and are unique to herons and bitterns. |
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| We detected no differences in the composition of fatty acids in furcular fat, subcutaneous fat, and intraperitoneal fat. |
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| Wing chord length, weight, and a furcular fat score were also determined. |
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| To obtain each fat sample, birds were anesthetized by intramuscular injection with ketamine-rompun and a 2 mm incision was made in the skin overlying the furcular cavity. |
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| We used fat scores, gauged from visible furcular and abdominal fat, to corroborate evidence for trends observed in condition indices. |
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| Visible subcutaneous fat in the furcular hollow was rated on a six-point scale. |
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| They come from the furcular shaft, the sternocoracoclavicular membrane, the thoracic ribs, and the sternum and attach to the crista deltopectoralis of the humerus. |
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| Furcular fat is known to correlate positively with total body fat composition. |
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