Lambs’ live weight estimation using 3D images
Animal, 2021 The sheep sector has not suffered the technification that other livestock sectors have. The lack of technological knowledge of the farmers and the economic limitations of the sector have made this technification difficult.
E. Samperio +4 more
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Genomic Selection for Live Weight in the 14th Month in Alpine Merino Sheep Combining GWAS Information [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary The weight features of Alpine Merino Sheep, particularly their live weight in the 14th month (WT), are crucial in production and breeding, as they live at high altitudes and in highland areas where oxygen is scarce.
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A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Live Weight of Duroc, Landrace, and Yorkshire Pigs. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Simple Summary Live weight is an important indicator of livestock productivity and serves as an informative measure for the health, feeding, breeding, and selection of livestock.
Ruchay A +6 more
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Phenotypic factors associated with lamb live weight and carcass composition measurements in an Irish multi-breed sheep population. [PDF]
Transl Anim Sci, 2020 Understanding the phenotypic factors that affect lamb live weight and carcass composition is imperative to generating accurate genetic evaluations and further enables implementation of functional management strategies.
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Dressing percentage and the differential between live weight and carcass weight in cattle are influenced by both genetic and non-genetic factors1. [PDF]
J Anim Sci, 2019 The objective of the present study was to quantify the genetic and non-genetic contributors to variability in both carcass dressing percentage and dressing difference (i.e., the difference between carcass weight and live weight immediately prior to ...
Coyne JM, Evans RD, Berry DP.
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The estimation of live weight from body measurements in Yankasa sheep
Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2006 Live body measurements of weight, height, length, girth, stifle- and hip-width and a measure of muscularity (ratio of stifle to hip width) were monitored on 258 Yankasa sheep stratified into age categories of 1 to over 3 years determined mostly from ...
R.A. Afolayan +2 more
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Effects of Licorice Extract Supplementation on Feed Intake, Digestion, Rumen Function, Blood Indices and Live Weight Gain of Karakul Sheep. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2019 Simple Summary The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of licorice extract supplementation on feed intake and digestibility, rumen function, blood indices and live weight gain of Karakul sheep.
Guo X +5 more
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An association analysis of sow parity, live-weight and back-fat depth as indicators of sow productivity. [PDF]
Animal, 2019 Understanding how critical sow live-weight and back-fat depth during gestation are in ensuring optimum sow productivity is important. The objective of this study was to quantify the association between sow parity, live-weight and back-fat depth during ...
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Post-weaning and whole-of-life performance of pigs is determined by live weight at weaning and the complexity of the diet fed after weaning. [PDF]
Anim Nutr, 2017 The production performance and financial outcomes associated with weaner diet complexity for pigs of different weight classes at weaning were examined in this experiment.
Collins CL +7 more
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Live weight, conformation, carcass traits and economic values of ram lambs of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep and their crosses. [PDF]
Trop Anim Health Prod, 2017 Meat production is the most important trait in the breeding objectives of sheep production in East Africa. The aim of this study was to investigate breed differences in live weight, conformation, carcass traits and economic values for meat production ...
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