A morphometric study of sheep reared in north-east Algerian

Autor: Dekhili, M.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Archivos de Zootecnia, Volume: 63, Issue: 244, Pages: 623-631, Published: DEC 2014
Popis: A total of 347 adult female sheep from the Sétif area (Algeria), were investigated for thirteen qualitative morphological traits and eighteen body measurements. Sampling included populations from each of three environmental areas: Northern, Central and Southern. Coefficients of variation of the 18 body measurements ranged from 4.4 % to 34.3 %, showing high heterogeneity. Canonical analyses showed that differences in body measurements between the three populations were large (p
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