Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacology

Table 5

Body weight (kg) vs. organ weight (g/100 g BW). Values from Spector (

1956

) and adapted from Martinez et al. (

2006

)

Organ weights g/100 g BW

Species

Genus species

Race/Breed

Number ofindividuals

Sex

BW (kg) Brain Heart Kidney Liver Lung

Human

Homo sapiens

Caucasian (US) 7

M

67

1.96

0.42

0.41

2.30

0.73

Caucasian (EU) 4

M

49

2.53

0.64

African Buffalo

Syncerus caffer

4

M,F 700

0.09

0.47

0.24

0.98

0.94

Bactrian camel

Camelus bactrianus

1

M

450

0.12

Caribou

Rangifer arcticus

4

M,F 98

0.30

0.90

0.13

1.83

2.10

Cat

Felis catus

10

M,F 3.3

0.77

0.45

1.07

3.59

1.04

Cattle

Bos tarus

Holstein

98

F

600

0.07

0.37

0.24

1.20

0.72

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

2

M

21

0.39

0.51

0.47

3.22

1.16

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

2

M,F 48

0.79

0.49

Dog

Canis familiaris

4

M,F 13

0.59

0.85

0.30

2.94

0.94

African elephant

Loxodonta africana

1

M

6,600

0.08

0.39

0.27

1.62

2.08

Gazelle

Gazella thomsoni

2

M

24

0.38

1.00

0.43

2.15

1.15

Guinea pig

Cavia porcellus

58

M

0.26

1.33

0.53

1.17

5.14

1.18

Lion

Panthera leo

4

M

125

0.19

0.85

2.12

Blackhowler monkey

Alouatta paliata

28

M, F 6.2

0.81

0.33

0.58

3.25

0.63

Rhesus monkey

Macaca mulatta

4

M

3.3

2.78

0.38

2.09

Jumping mouse

Azpus hudsonicus

4

M,F 0.018

3.57

1.03

1.26

5.63

1.34

Meadow mouse

Microtus drummond

67

M,F 0.023

0.29

0.68

1.53

4.56

1.70

Rabbit

Flemmish giant 22

F

2.5

0.40

0.35

0.70

3.19

0.53

Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Norway

3

M,F 0.25

1.22

0.52

1.09

3.35

0.79

Swine

Sus scrofa

36

F

102

0.32

0.26

1.51

Zebra

Equus quagga

4

M,F 280

0.20

1.42

0.35

1.67

0.80

Tawny eagle

Aguila rapax

5

M,F 2.4

0.59

0.63

0.50

1.82

1.04

Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor

5

M,F 15

0.49

0.94

1.18

2.68

1.47

Chicken

Gallus domesticus

16

F

0.61

0.44

0.63

0.68

2.36

0.61

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo borealis

3

F

1

0.97

0.67

0.30

1.37

0.90

Pigeon

Columba livia

4

M,F 0.27

0.95

1.75

1.76

European stork

Ciconia ciconia

3

M,F 3.3

0.47

0.92

0.65

1.92

1.11

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