Early prediction of some kid body dimensions from maternal traits | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 6, Volume 33, Issue 2, September 2019, Pages 205-207 PDF (614.52 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2019.125537.1059 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdullah Hameed Salim* 1; Ahmed Mnati2; Yassen Abdul-Rahman3 | ||
| 1College of Agriculture –The Qar University, The Qar - Iraq | ||
| 2College of Veterinary - Karbala University, Karbala - Ira | ||
| 3College of Veterinary – University of Fallujah, Fallujah - Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted in the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Ruminant Research Station, west of Baghdad. It included 447 goats born of both sexes belonging to local, Shami and their crosses. The body dimensions of kids at birth and the dam's weight and age at birth, as well as the dependence of weaning weight on the birth weight of the kids by the use of simple linear regression equations. The results presented that coefficient of regression of most studied dimensions on the traits of maternal weight at birth and weight of the kid at birth has significant effect, except the regression of the body length at birth on both the maternal weight at birth and the kids weight at birth, which was not significant, The results showed the possibility of dependence on the studied maternal characteristics and kids birth weight to predict the dimensions of the goat kids body at birth. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Prediction equations; Body dimensions; Goat kids | ||
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