The best correlation was obtained between body weight and body girth at the 2nd week of age 070. Used to establish the strength of linear relationship and association between the different lbms together with the bodyweight using the model.
Correlation Between Body Weight And Linear Body Measurements
Correlation of bodyweight and linear body measurement. The phenotypic correlation estimates for body weight and linear body measurement at 12 16 and 20 weeks of age for the strains are shown in table 7. Body weight in different environmental conditions and breeds. X iy i x2 i y2 i where pearsons product moment correlation coefficient. The objectives of present study were to establish the relationship between live body weight and linear body measurements in hissardale sheep and to study the phenotypic characterization of hissardale sheep for body length height at withers heart girth neck length neck. Body weight ndand body measurements at 2 4th and 8th weeks. Br strains also observed the same trend except against kl.
X i the first random variable of the ith lbm or body weight. The goats were of four age groups. In the chinchilla rabbit genotype body weight bw showed a positive and significant correlation and it ranged from 0033 to 0739 in all the body size parameters except for body length and tail. The correlation relationship between body measurements and the live weights of sheep are presented in table 3. Relationship between body weight and linear body measurements body length height at withers and heart girth. The phenotypic correlation for body weight and linear body measurement was high and positively significant p001 in nb.
Relationship of live body weight and other linear body measurements in two sheep breeds of ethiopia. It was found that all the linear body measurements. Proceedings of the 17th annual conference of the ethiopian society of animal production esap september 24 26 2009 addis ababa ethiopia pp. All their f ratios are highly significant at p001 confirming the significance of these variables on the prices of the animals. The estimates of coefficient of determination and predictive equations show that body weight in japanese. Group 1 4 12 mo group 2 13 18 mo group 3 19 24 mo and group 4 25 36 mo.
Y i the second random variable of the ith lbm or body weight. Body weight and linear body measurements body length height at withers and heart girth were taken during a 7 d period. Linear body measurements and prices of goats.