COMPARISON BETWEEN VISUAL ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT OF HEART GIRTH OR HIP-WIDTH TO ESTIMATE LIVE WEIGHT IN CROSSBRED BEEF HEIFERS

COMPARISON BETWEEN VISUAL ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT OF HEART GIRTH OR HIP-WIDTH TO ESTIMATE LIVE WEIGHT IN CROSSBRED BEEF HEIFERS

Background. Estimation of animal body weight (BW) is a fundamental tool in herd management for the development of reproductive, nutritional and health programmes. Objective. To compare the actual BW and its estimation by visual method and measurement of the heart girth (HG) or hip width (HW) for est...

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Main Authors: Martha Itzel Alejandro-Zarate, Rosario Salazar-Cuytun, Jose Herrera Camacho, Aldenamar Cruz-Hernandez, Roberto C. Barrientos-Medina, Martin Ptáček, Einar Vargas-Bello-Perez, Alfonso Juventino Chay Canul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2023-09-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
beef cattle
live weight
animal production
accuracy
Online Access:https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/5033

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