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dc.contributor.author | Lukuyu, Margaret | en |
dc.contributor.author | Gibson, John | en |
dc.contributor.author | Savage, Darryl | en |
dc.contributor.author | Duncan, A J | en |
dc.contributor.author | Mujibi, F D N | en |
dc.contributor.author | Okeyo, A M | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-04T14:28:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Animal Production in Australia - Proceedings of the 30th Biennial Conference, p. 184-184 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16022 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Animal weight is an important tool in livestock research and management. The most direct method of measuring liveweight (LW) is using a calibrated electronic or mechanical scale. However such equipment is usually costly and not readily available to poor rural livestock keepers. Farmers and livestock traders have been found to underestimate or overestimate the weights of the cattle by an average of 46 and 25% respectively of their true L W (Machila et al 2008). Linear body measurements, in particular heart girth are useful predictors of liveweight in livestock. However, the predictive ability of models developed from these measurements is influenced by body condition, age, breed and sex (Lesosky et al 2012; Ozkaya and Bozkurt 2009). The present study tested the accuracy of linear body measurements for predicting L W of crossbred dairy cattle of different genotypes in smallholder farms in Kenya and developed predictive equations appropriate to this context. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP) | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Animal Production in Australia - Proceedings of the 30th Biennial Conference | en |
dc.title | Use of Body Linear Measurements to Estimate Live Weight of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Smallholder Farms in Kenya | en |
dc.type | Conference Publication | en |
dc.relation.conference | ISNH/ISRP International Conference 2014: Joint International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores and International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology 2014 | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Animal Growth and Development | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Margaret | en |
local.contributor.firstname | John | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Darryl | en |
local.contributor.firstname | A J | en |
local.contributor.firstname | F D N | en |
local.contributor.firstname | A M | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 070202 Animal Growth and Development | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 830302 Dairy Cattle | en |
local.profile.school | Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.email | mlukuyu@myune.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | jgibson5@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | dsavage2@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | E2 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20140916-150730 | en |
local.date.conference | 8th - 12th September, 2014 | en |
local.conference.place | Canberra, Australia | en |
local.publisher.place | Roseworthy, Australia | en |
local.format.startpage | 184 | en |
local.format.endpage | 184 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Lukuyu | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Gibson | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Savage | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Duncan | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Mujibi | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Okeyo | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:mlukuyu | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:jgibson5 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:dsavage2 | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0003-0371-2401 | en |
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local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:16259 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Use of Body Linear Measurements to Estimate Live Weight of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Smallholder Farms in Kenya | en |
local.output.categorydescription | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | en |
local.conference.details | ISNH/ISRP International Conference 2014: Joint International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores and International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology 2014, Canberra, Australia, 8th - 12th September, 2014 | en |
local.search.author | Lukuyu, Margaret | en |
local.search.author | Gibson, John | en |
local.search.author | Savage, Darryl | en |
local.search.author | Duncan, A J | en |
local.search.author | Mujibi, F D N | en |
local.search.author | Okeyo, A M | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2014 | - |
local.subject.for2020 | 300301 Animal growth and development | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 100402 Dairy cattle | en |
local.date.start | 2014-09-08 | - |
local.date.end | 2014-09-12 | - |
local.profile.affiliationtype | Unknown | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | Unknown | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | Unknown | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | Unknown | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | Unknown | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | Unknown | en |
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