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Morphometric traits and stepwise regression of indigenous sheep in southwestern region, Ethiopia

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
This research was carried out to characterize differences in morphometric features and assess the effectiveness of various linear body measures in forecasting the live weight of local sheep grown in Bench Sheko zone, southwestern Ethiopia.
Daniel Markos, Worku Masho, Mekuanent Baye, Elias Bayou   +3 more
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Echocardiographic quantitation of left heart size and function in 122 healthy dogs: A prospective study proposing reference intervals and assessing repeatability

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2019
Background Broadly applicable reference intervals (RIs) for measurements of left atrial (LA) and left ventricular (LV) size and function generated prospectively using statistically appropriate methods are limited.
Lance C. Visser, Marisa M. Ciccozzi, Daniel J. Sintov, Ashley N. Sharpe   +3 more
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THE ESTIMATION ACCURACY OF LIVE WEIGHT FROM METRIC BODY MEASUREMENTS IN ONGOLE GRADE COWS

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2014
length in North Sulawesi province. Data on animal live weight (LW), body length (BL) and chest girth(CG) were collected from all cows (n=363) kept by traditional household farmers.
U. Paputungan, L. Hakim, G. Ciptadi, H.F.N. Lapian   +3 more
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COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCEOFLANDRACE AND LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIGS UNDER TROPICAL MARITIME MONSOON CLIMATE [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2009
A study was conducted to assess and compare growth performance of Landrace and Large White Yorkshire weaned pigs under maritime monsoon climate. Body weights and body measurements were recorded at fortnight intervals. The final body weight at 180 days of
S. Ramesh, T. Sivakumar, Tensingh Gnanaraj, Ra Murallidharan, M. Murugan   +4 more
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Discrimination of the Nigerian local turkeys into breeds using linear body measurements

Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 2020
Turkey is one of the poultry species that is declining in Nigeria due to its importation as frozen turkey. In this study, a total of 78 day-old random-bred Nigerian local turkey poults were used to generate another 232 day-old poults to discriminate Nigerian local turkey based on linear body measurements.
Nosike, R.J., Obike, O.M., Ezea, J., Obasi, E.N., Ebuzor, C.A., Onunkwo, D.N., Nwakpu, O.F., Ibe, S.N., Oke, U.K.   +8 more
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BIOPREDICTION OF LIVE BODY WEIGHT USING MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS IN AMERICAN STANDARD CHINCHILLA RABBITS [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2021
Lack of conventional weighing scales in the rural areas makes the use of body measurements to predict live body weight in rabbits an important study. The objective of this study were to: examine the effects of sex on body weight and other growth traits ...
Adelani Abayomi ADEOYE, Bababunmi Alaba AJAYI, Jessie Ezekiel UDOH   +2 more
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Predicting body weight of male Kuroiler chickens from linear body measurements using MARS and CART data-mining algorithms [PDF]

Archives Animal Breeding
Body weight is an essential trait in chickens, especially in markets where chickens are priced based on body weight and where medicine dosages depend on the animal's weight.
S. Liswaniso, R. Kasonso, L. Bila, M. C. Mathapo, O. Chibinga, T. L. Tyasi, X. Sun, R. Xu, N. Qin   +8 more
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Heritability of docility and correlation with body weight and linear body measurements in cattle

Archiva Zootechnica
Abstract This study aimed to estimate heritability of docility and its correlations with body weight and linear body measurements in cattle. The number of animals tested for docility was 132. Fixed factors such as breed, sex, hump status and age contemporary group were fitted in the models.
Udeh Ifeanyichukwu, Omorogbe Emmanuella Amalawa   +1 more
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Linear Body Measurements as indicators for Body Weight in Three Genotypes of Chickens in Zimbabwe

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation.
Abstract A study of 397 mature hens (155 Astrolope; 154 Boschveld; 88 Sasso) was conducted to assess body weight and linear body measures, including neck length (NL), Body Circumference (BC), Body Length (BL), Shank Length (SL), and Shank Circumference.The results showed significant differences in BWT, BC, BL, SC, and SL for all chicken breeds,
Assan N, Mpofu M, Musasira M, Mwareya N, Muteyo E   +4 more
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Managmental Studies of Different Liquid Feeding Regimes for Nili-Ravi Buffalo Calves [PDF]

The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology
A liquid feeding trial was carried out at the Dairy Animals Training and Research Centre, UVAS Ravi Campus, Pattoki, to explore effective methods for rearing Nili-Ravi buffalo calves using alternative feeding sources.
Ray Quddus, Asfand Khan, Muhammad Muneeb
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