1Livestock Production Management Department, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
2Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
3Department Animal Genetics & Breeding, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
*Corresponding author: MK Gendley: Email: drgmanoj.ann@gmail.com
Online published on 23 September, 2016.
The study was conducted on 194 purebred Sahiwal calves of both the sexes and different age groups (0–6, 6–12, 12–18, 18–24 and 24–36 months) to find out the correlation coefficients between body weights and different body measurements and to develop linear regression equations for prediction of body weights of the various age groups. Among the body measurements, heart girth shown highly significant and highest correlation coefficients with body weights. It was concluded that the linear regression equations incorporating heart girth alone could be used to predict body weights of growing Sahiwal cattle.
Body measurements, weights, linear regression equations, Sahiwal cattle
