Relationship between body mass index and body condition score in Pelibuey ewes

Autor:	Alfonso J. Chay-Canul, Martin Ptáček, Ricardo García-Herrera, Armando Jacinto Aguilar-Caballero, Luis Sarmiento-Franco, Flor de María Rivera-Alegría, Eufracia de R. Salazar-Cuytun
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Animal science Body condition score Correlation coefficient Withers Linear regression medicine Regression analysis medicine.disease Body mass index Obesity Field conditions Mathematics
Zdroj:	Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios. 7
ISSN:	2007-901X 2007-9028
DOI:	10.19136/era.a7n2.2474
Popis:	The objectives of this study were to detect the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and body condition score (BCS) in Pelibuey ewes to predict BMI based on well-known BCS estimation. The body weight (BW), withers height, (WH), body length (BL) and BCS were determined in 402 ewes. The BMI was calculated as: BMI = (BW (kg)/WH (m)/ BL (m))/10. Relationships were estimated by means of regression models using PROC REG of the SAS. The BMI and the BCS showed a high relationship; correlation coefficient (r) of 0.80 (P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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