Article
Yearling adjustments for pelvic area of test station bulls.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 1991
Siemens M G, Siemens A L, Lipsey R J, Deutscher G H, Ellerseick M R
Abstract excerpt
Yearling bulls (n = 3,071) located at 18 stations in Missouri, Nebraska, Virginia, and Wisconsin were measured for pelvic area, in addition to standard performance traits. Linear adjustments for age and weight were determined using covariate regression analyses. Only bulls that were 300 to 452 d of age, 325 to 640 kg, and were in consignments offering more than nine bulls per breed were included in the analyses....
Topics
- Age Factors
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Genotype
- Male
- Pelvis
- Regression Analysis