Predicting body weight from body measurements of pre-pubertal Ayrshire heifers
The relationship between heart girth, wither height, body length and body weight in 3- to 9.5-monthold pre-pubertal Finnish Ayrshire heifers gaining 600-650 g/d was analysed (experiment I). Regression analysis showed that heart girth was the trait most highly correlated to body weight (R2= 0.969). I...
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| Language: | English |
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Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Agricultural and Food Science |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/5504 |