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Table 1 Metabolic body weight of different species based on estimated average body weights[37, 38]

From: Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)

Species

Weight

Metabolic bodyweight (MBW)

Adult cattle

650 kg

128.7 kg0.75

Calf

75 kg

25.5 kg0.75

Pig

200 kg

53.2 kg0.75

Young pig

15 kg

7.6 kg0.75

Donkey

200 kg

53.2 kg0.75

Goat

50 kg

18.8 kg0.75

Medium-sized dog

25 kg

11.2 kg0.75

Young sheep

20 kg

9.5 kg0.75

Rabbit

3 kg

2.3 kg0.75

Hen

1 kg

1.0 kg0.75

Rat

0.175 kg

0.3 kg0.75

Human

65 kg

22.9 kg0.75