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Accurate assessment of body weights using morphometric measurements in Landlly pigs.
Tropical animal health and production - 17 Jun 2021
Panda Snehasmita, Gaur Gyanendra Kumar, Chauhan Anuj, Kar Junaid, Mehrotra Arnav
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to evaluate 16 novel morphometric traits of Landlly piglets at weaning (6 weeks) and post weaning (8 weeks) stage and to predict corresponding body weight from the measurements. A total of 279 Landlly piglets (n = 279, 75% Landrace + 25% Ghurrah crosses) were enrolled in this study. Body length, heart girth, paunch girth, height at wither, height at back, rump width, thigh circumference,...
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