A note on the use of a weighband in estimating the liveweight of pure and crossbred zebu cattle
Seventy-four weekly weighband and weighbridge comparsons were made on 21 pure and crossbred Malawi zebu cattle. The mean correlation coefficient obtained was +0.977. The weighband over-estimated the liveweight by a mean of 42 lbs, which was equivalent to an 8.5 percent error. The highest individual...
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| Format: | Informe técnico |
| Language: | Inglés |
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1974
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70688 |
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