Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia

Presents results of a study carried out in The Gambia on birth-weight data recorded between 1986 and 1991 on 3453 N'Dama calves from the village production systems to identify major factors influencing this trait and to quantify the relationship between birth weight and early calf mortality. Least-s...

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Autor principal: Agyemang, K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28255
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description Presents results of a study carried out in The Gambia on birth-weight data recorded between 1986 and 1991 on 3453 N'Dama calves from the village production systems to identify major factors influencing this trait and to quantify the relationship between birth weight and early calf mortality. Least-squares analysis of the fixed effects of site, year and season of birth, parity of dam, sex, age in days at which birth weight was recorded and random effects of herd and cow nested within site showed that all these factors significantly influenced this trait.
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spelling CGSpace282552024-11-15T08:53:03Z Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia Agyemang, K. mortality birth weight ndama cattle traditional methods livestock management calves Presents results of a study carried out in The Gambia on birth-weight data recorded between 1986 and 1991 on 3453 N'Dama calves from the village production systems to identify major factors influencing this trait and to quantify the relationship between birth weight and early calf mortality. Least-squares analysis of the fixed effects of site, year and season of birth, parity of dam, sex, age in days at which birth weight was recorded and random effects of herd and cow nested within site showed that all these factors significantly influenced this trait. 1992-12 2013-05-06T07:00:15Z 2013-05-06T07:00:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28255 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Animal Production;55(pt. 3): 301-308
spellingShingle mortality
birth weight
ndama cattle
traditional methods
livestock management
calves
Agyemang, K.
Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
title Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
title_full Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
title_fullStr Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
title_full_unstemmed Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
title_short Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
title_sort adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in n dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in the gambia
topic mortality
birth weight
ndama cattle
traditional methods
livestock management
calves
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28255
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