The Estimation of Live Weight from Body Measurements in Different Meat-Type Lambs

Vasfiye KADER ESEN; Cengiz ELMACI

doi:https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.719037

Makale detayları

The Estimation of Live Weight from Body Measurements in Different Meat-Type Lambs

Yazarlar:

Vasfiye KADER ESEN | Cengiz ELMACI

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2021 Vol.27 Issue 4, pp.469-475

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000606784

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2148-9297

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.719037

Özet:

 

The present study aimed to analyze the live weight (LW) and some body measurements to estimate the LW of lambs in five different meat-type sheep breeds reared in the same flock under intensive conditions. A total of 202 head of lambs, including both genders of Kivircik (K), Bandirma (B), Karacabey Merino (KM), Hampshire Down x Merino crossbreed (HM), and Ramlic (R), were conducted in this study. Birth weights ranged between 3.94-5.07 kg in those breeds and were affected significantly by breed and birth types (P0.05). In contrast, the importance of birth type on BL and CC decreased as the lambs grew older (P>0.05). The results of regressing LW and body measurements show that LW was very highly (P<0.001) correlated with body measurements (r=0.682–0.892). The highest correlations were observed between LW and CC (r=0.802-0.892) in B, KM, and R lambs. These results suggest that using body measurements as a correction factor has a great benefit in those breeds, such as withers height and CC are used to estimate LW in KM and R lambs, effectively.

Makale detayları

The Estimation of Live Weight from Body Measurements in Different Meat-Type Lambs

Yazarlar: Vasfiye KADER ESEN | Cengiz ELMACI

Yayıncı: Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar: Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi: Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2021 Vol.27 Issue 4, pp.469-475

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000606784

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2148-9297

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.719037

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Vasfiye KADER ESEN | Cengiz ELMACI

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2021 Vol.27 Issue 4, pp.469-475

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000606784

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2148-9297

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.719037