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Estimation of live weight from chest girth in pure and crossbred West African sheep. (380)

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K. Benyi
Animal Research Institute, P.O. Box 20, Achimota, Ghana
N. Karbo
Animal Research Institute, P.O. Box 20, Achimota, Ghana
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Sheep
Live weight
Estimation
Chest girth
Pure
Crossbred

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Estimation of live weight from chest girth in pure and crossbred West African sheep. (380). (1998). Tropical Agriculture, 75(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1600
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Abstract

Live weight and chest girth data on 144 Djallonke and 168 Sahel x Djallonké sheep were used to obtain linear and geometric regression equations for estimating live weight. The coefficients of determination ranged from 0.88-0.93 and 0.96-0.97 for linear and geometric equations, respectively. The geometric equations estimated live weight with a high degree of reliability regardless of girth size, while the linear equations gave very low and frequently negative live weight estimates where girth measurement were below 36 cm.
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