Multivariate characterisation of the phenotypic traits of Djallonke and Sahel sheep in Northern Ghana

PT Birteeb, SO Peters, A Yakubu, MA Adeleke… - Tropical animal health …, 2012 - Springer
The characterisation of the small ruminant populations in developing countries will play a
major role in the maintenance of the genetic resources as the basis for future improvement …

Use of multivariate analysis as a tool in the morphological characterization of the main indigenous bovine ecotypes in northeastern Algeria

A Bousbia, S Boudalia, Y Gueroui, K Hadded… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Sustainability in livestock farming requires monitoring of autochthonous breeds which are
well adapted to the local environment. The morphometric measurements seem to be the first …

[HTML][HTML] Factor analysis of linear type traits and their relation with longevity in Brazilian Holstein cattle

EL Kern, JA Cobuci, CN Costa… - … -Australasian journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this study we aimed to evaluate the reduction in dimensionality of 20 linear type traits and
more final score in 14,943 Holstein cows in Brazil using factor analysis, and indicate their …

Phenotypic, morphometric characterization and population structure of Pasundan cattle at West Java, Indonesia

S SAID, WPB PUTRA, S ANWAR, PP AGUNG… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2017 - smujo.id
Abstract Said S, Putra WPB, Anwar S, Agung PP, Yuhani H. 2017. Phenotypic, morphometric
characterization and population structure of Pasundan cattle at West Java, Indonesia …

Principal component analysis (PCA) of body measurements and body indices in the Pasundan cows

WPB Putra, S Said, J Arifin - Black Sea Journal of Agriculture, 2020 - dergipark.org.tr
Principal component analysis (PCA) is important for describing the body conformation in
livestock. Total of seven body measurements and thirteen body indices parameters from 144 …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic characterization and multivariate analysis to explain body conformation in lesser known buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) from North India

V Vohra, SK Niranjan, AK Mishra… - … journal of animal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phenotypic characterization and body biometric in 13 traits (height at withers, body length,
chest girth, paunch girth, ear length, tail length, length of tail up to switch, face length, face …

Biometric characterization of the Portuguese autochthonous hens breeds

NV Brito, JC Lopes, V Ribeiro, R Dantas, JV Leite - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Autochthonous poultry breeds have been forsaken, forgotten even, since
they have always been of less importance in the rural socio-economic context, associated …

Sexual size dimorphism and sex determination by morphometric measurements in locally adapted Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) in Nigeria

AO OGUNTUNJI, KL AYORINDE - Acta agriculturae Slovenica, 2014 - journals.uni-lj.si
Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is a common phenomenon in most mammalian and poultry
species. This study was undertaken to investigate SSD in nondescript locally adapted …

Combinations of linear type traits affecting the longevity in Hungarian Holstein-Friesian cows

E Török, I Komlósi, V Szőnyi, B Béri, G Mészáros… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The selection for high-level milk production shortened the productive life of
cows. In Hungary, the average number of lactations is only ca. 2.1. At the same time, the …

[HTML][HTML] First study on phenotypic and morphological characteristics of Malaysian Kedah-Kelantan cattle (Bos indicus) and method of estimating their body weight

MS Islam, N Yimer, FFJ Abdullah, MHW Han… - Veterinary …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: Morphometric and phenotypic measurements were taken from 184
KK cattle (102 males and 82 females) sourced from three regions. Each animal's color …