The relationship between body weight and body size values, and the estimation of the weight of female swamp buffaloes
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Body weight is one of the most important traits for dealing or breeding improvement. Swamp buffaloes are large ruminants that will be difficult to weigh on an electrical weighing machine. The objectives of this study were to select a model of the relationship between body weight and body size value and estimate the weight. Female swamp buffaloes (n=145), two-year-olds were weighed by a digital weighing machine and weight tape. The heart girth (HG), shoulder height (SH), body length (BL), hip height (HH), and umbilical girth (UG) were measured by length tape, all data was analyzed for the correlation and estimated weight. Average body weight from a digital weighing machine, weight tape, and weight calculated were compared. The suitable associate values between body measurements and digital body weight are from HG and UH. Through Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, the weight estimating equations were BW = -421.532 + 1.709 (HG) + 0.841 (SH) + 0.434 (BL) + 0.175 (HH) + 1.335 (UG) (R2 = 0.794, P < 0.0001). The estimated weight calculated from the weight tape was significant difference (P < 0.001) between the weight from digital weighing machine and weight calculated. However, the estimated weight calculated from this equation was not different from the digital weighing machine. In conclusion, body size measurements can be used in predicting the live weight of female swamp buffaloes with weight tape would be useful to estimate body weight in estimating weight female swamp buffaloes.
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