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The accuracy of prediction of body weight from body measurements in beef cattle

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dc.creator Ozkaya, Serkan
dc.creator Bozkurt, YALÇIN
dc.date 2008-12-31T22:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T10:49:04Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T10:49:04Z
dc.identifier 93d629f7-7f4c-4cdc-8a7f-82d8d7305032
dc.identifier 10.5194/aab-52-371-2009
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/93d629f7-7f4c-4cdc-8a7f-82d8d7305032/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/66655
dc.description The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of prediction of body weight from body measurements in beef cattle. Wither height, chest girth, body length, chest depth, hip width and hip height measurements were obtained from Holstein, Brown Swiss and crossbred (n=140). Determination coefficients (R(2)) of regression equation that included all body measurements were higher in Brown Swiss and crossbred than Holstein (92.2, 95.0 and 68.2%, respectively). However, it was found that chest girth was the best parameter of all for prediction of body weight in Brown Swiss (R(2)=91.1%) and crossbred cattle (R(2)=88.8%) in comparison to Holstein (R(2)=60.7%). According to these results, the body weight estimation of Brown Swiss and crossbred cattle using the body measurements produced higher prediction accuracies than Holstein but chest girth was the best parameter to prediction of body weight among all body measurements. However, the prediction accuracy of prediction of body weight from body measurements and also chest girth was decreased when the animals frame size was increased.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title The accuracy of prediction of body weight from body measurements in beef cattle
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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