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Body weight, BCS, MCS, epaxial muscle height (EMH), vertebral epaxial muscle score (VEMS), and forelimb epaxial muscle score (FLEMS) were assessed in each cat. The MCS for each cat was assessed 3 separate times by each of 5 raters.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"s004\">\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The MCS was significantly correlated with EMH (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.59), VEMS (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.66), and FLEMS (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.41). For MCS, the overall value of the \u03ba coefficient for interrater agreement (reproducibility) was 0.43 and the overall value of the \u03ba coefficient for intrarater agreement (repeatability) ranged from 0.49 to 0.76.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"s005\">\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Ultrasonographic measurements of muscle may be useful for assessing muscle loss in individual cats over time. However, for the cats of this study, no advantage was observed for assessment of VEMS or FLEMS over EMH. Substantial repeatability and moderate reproducibility were shown when MCS was used for assessment of muscle mass in cats. 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