TY  - JOUR
T1  - Body Weight Prediction Equations from Different Linear Measurements in the Short-Eared Somali Goat Populationof Eastern Ethiopia
AU - Gebreyesus, Grum AU - Haile, Aynalem AU - Dessie, Tadelle 
JO  - Research Journal of Animal Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 90
EP  - 93
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5269
DO  - rjnasci.2012.90.93
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjnasci.2012.90.93
KW  - Short-eared Somali goat
KW  -body weight
KW  -linear measurements
KW  -chest model
KW  -Syria
AB  - This study was conducted on randomly selected whole-flocks of the short-eared Somali goat kept under extensive pastoral production systems around Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia to obtain some prediction equation between live weight and various linear body measurements. Both male and female goats with five different dentition groups were included in this study. Live weight was regressed on the body measurements separately for males and females for each dentition class and for the pooled data by sex categories. All the parameters contributed significantly (p&lt;0.05) to the model for the pooled data of female age groups depicting an R<SUP>2</SUP>-value of 85%. In the males using the pooled data for all dentition groups (0-4PPI), four parameters (chest girth, body length, body condition and pelvic width) contributed significantly (p&lt;0.05) to the model giving an R<SUP>2</SUP>-value of 91%. However, chest girth was the only regressor that consistently significantly (p&lt;0.01) contributed to the regression models across all age and sex groups.
ER  -