Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats
The objective of this research was to examine the growth pattern for body weight, body length and height at withers of Kalahari Red goats using non-linear models. The body size measurement data were collected from 227 Kalahari Red female goats and fit into Gompertz and Brody growth model. The result...
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| description | The objective of this research was to examine the growth pattern for body weight, body length and height at withers of Kalahari Red goats using non-linear models. The body size measurement data were collected from 227 Kalahari Red female goats and fit into Gompertz and Brody growth model. The results revealed that Gompertz growth model had the best goodness of fit to describe the growth of Kalahari Red goats for body weight, body length and height at withers as shown by higher coefficient of determination (97.9, 98.9 and 99.1, respectively). The correlation coefficients between A and k for body weight, body length and height at withers were negative in both models, implying that goats of larger mature size tended to have a slower growth rate in relation to their mature size. Height at withers-body weight has the highest correlation coefficient (0.96). |
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| spelling | upm-142962019-03-08T06:28:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14296/ Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats Rosali, Mohamad Hifzan Idris, Ismail Yaakub, Halimatun The objective of this research was to examine the growth pattern for body weight, body length and height at withers of Kalahari Red goats using non-linear models. The body size measurement data were collected from 227 Kalahari Red female goats and fit into Gompertz and Brody growth model. The results revealed that Gompertz growth model had the best goodness of fit to describe the growth of Kalahari Red goats for body weight, body length and height at withers as shown by higher coefficient of determination (97.9, 98.9 and 99.1, respectively). The correlation coefficients between A and k for body weight, body length and height at withers were negative in both models, implying that goats of larger mature size tended to have a slower growth rate in relation to their mature size. Height at withers-body weight has the highest correlation coefficient (0.96). Asian Network for Scientific Information 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14296/1/Growth%20pattern%20for%20body%20weight%2C%20height%20at%20withers%20and%20body%20length%20of%20Kalahari%20Red%20goats.pdf Rosali, Mohamad Hifzan and Idris, Ismail and Yaakub, Halimatun (2015) Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 18 (4). pp. 200-203. ISSN 1028-8880; ESSN: 1812-5735 https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2015.200.203 10.3923/pjbs.2015.200.203 |
| spellingShingle | Rosali, Mohamad Hifzan Idris, Ismail Yaakub, Halimatun Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats |
| title | Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats |
| title_full | Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats |
| title_fullStr | Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats |
| title_short | Growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of Kalahari Red goats |
| title_sort | growth pattern for body weight, height at withers and body length of kalahari red goats |
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