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Appendix 8. Metabolic weight (BW 0.75 ) of dogs and cats.*
VetBooks.ir Body weights lb Metabolic weights kg lb Metabolic weights
Body weights
0.75
0.75
BW
BW
kg
1.000
1
41
2.2
16.203
90.2
6.6
3 2 4.4 1.682 42 92.4 16.498
94.6
16.792
2.280
43
4 8.8 2.828 44 96.8 17.084
5 11.0 3.344 45 99.0 17.374
6 13.2 3.834 46 101.2 17.663
7 15.4 4.304 47 103.4 17.950
8 17.6 4.757 48 105.6 18.236
9 19.8 5.196 49 107.8 18.520
10 22.0 5.623 50 110.0 18.803
11 24.2 6.040 51 112.2 19.084
12 26.4 6.447 52 114.4 19.364
13 28.6 6.846 53 116.6 19.643
14 30.8 7.238 54 118.8 19.920
15 33.0 7.622 55 121.0 20.196
16 35.2 8.000 56 123.2 20.471
17 37.4 8.372 57 125.4 20.745
18 39.6 8.739 58 127.6 21.017
19 41.8 9.100 59 129.8 21.288
20 44.0 9.457 60 132.0 21.558
21 46.2 9.810 61 134.2 21.827
22 48.4 10.158 62 136.4 22.095
23 50.6 10.503 63 138.6 22.362
24 52.8 10.843 64 140.8 22.627
25 55.0 11.180 65 143.0 22.892
26 57.2 11.514 66 145.2 23.156
27 59.4 11.845 67 147.4 23.418
28 61.6 12.172 68 149.6 23.680
29 63.8 12.497 69 151.8 23.941
30 66.0 12.819 70 154.0 24.200
31 68.2 13.138 71 156.2 24.459
32 70.4 13.454 72 158.4 24.717
33 72.6 13.768 73 160.6 24.974
34 74.8 14.080 74 162.8 25.230
35 77.0 14.390 75 165.0 25.486
36 79.2 14.697 76 167.2 25.740
37 81.4 15.002 77 169.4 25.994
38 83.6 15.305 78 171.6 26.246
39 85.8 15.606 79 173.8 26.498
40 88.0 15.905 80 176.0 26.750
*Metabolic weight (BW 0.75 ) can be calculated by cubing BW kg and then taking its square root twice.
Appendix 9. Metabolic rate (RER) for animals of different taxonomic groups.
kcal ME/24 hours (Sub)classes or orders
129 x kg 0.75 Passeriformes
78 x kg 0.75 Other birds
70 x kg 0.75 Placental mammals
48 x kg 0.75 Marsupialia
10 x kg 0.75 Reptiles at optimal temperature (37°C)
Key: RER = resting energy requirement, ME = metabolizable energy.

Appendix 10. Body surface area (BSA) of cats.
Body weights BSA
kg lb m 2
1 2.2 0.10
2 4.4 0.17
3 6.6 0.22
4 8.8 0.26
5 11.0 0.30
6 13.2 0.34
7 15.4 0.38