title: [Relationship between body mass, brain mass and craniometric parameters in the miniature pig Mini-Lewe].
abstract: The relations between skull measurements, brain mass, and body mass were investigated in 30 female miniature pigs, being 6 month old. The relatively low correlation coefficients between the variables indicate a high variability in skull shape. We found an allometric exponent of 0.236 for the relation between brain and body mass with a coefficient of determination of 0.29. Both measurements show a highest correlation with the arcus zygomaticus width, which shows close relations with the occipital height and condylobasal length.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Tierproduktion und Veterinärmedizin Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seeger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gille
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009929:Organ Size; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D015050:Zygoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Beziehungen zwischen Körpermasse, Gehirnmasse und kraniometrischen Parametern beim Miniaturschwein Mini-Lewe.