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Milk production and body weight at weaning and their relationships with body and udder measurements in meriz goats
Other Title(s)
إنتاج الحليب و وزن الحيوان عند الفطام و علاقتهم بقياسات الجسم و الضرع في ماعز المرعز
Author
Source
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Issue
Vol. 50, Issue 1 (28 Feb. 2019), pp.480-486, 7 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Agriculture
Publication Date
2019-02-28
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
To investigate the correlation coefficients among the anatomical body structure and udder characteristics with each of body weight and milk production, 54 lactating Meriz does were randomly selected, kidded within 2 weeks in March, 2018.
At weaning body weight as well as 6 body measurements and 8 udder and teat measurements were recorded.
Also, Milk yield was recorded at weekly intervals till the does are dried-off.
Results revealed moderate positive correlations between body measurements and milk production, while highest correlations were observed between udder measurements and milk production.
Also, there was a strong positive correlation between body weight and body measurements.
Four components were found meaningful; the first component was labeled as the ‘teat dimensions’ factor, ‘udder dimensions’ factor is a second component and the combination of the third and fourth component was interpreted as the ‘body dimensions’ factor.
Therefore, the best predictors for body weight was rump height, heart girth and body length.
Also, udder length, udder width, distance between teats and teat dimension were best predictors for milk production.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Merkhan, Kawa Yunus. 2019. Milk production and body weight at weaning and their relationships with body and udder measurements in meriz goats. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science،Vol. 50, no. 1, pp.480-486.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-894680
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Merkhan, Kawa Yunus. Milk production and body weight at weaning and their relationships with body and udder measurements in meriz goats. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science Vol. 50, no. 1 (2019), pp.480-486.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-894680
American Medical Association (AMA)
Merkhan, Kawa Yunus. Milk production and body weight at weaning and their relationships with body and udder measurements in meriz goats. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science. 2019. Vol. 50, no. 1, pp.480-486.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-894680
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 486
Record ID
BIM-894680