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Chest girth measurements in selection for body weight in cattle by Buvanendran, V., Olorunju, S.A.S.

“…A study was conducted in Nigeria on 30 Bunaji and 30 Sokoto Gudali cattle to select for growth rate on the basis of chest girth measurements during the commencement of the fattening period 4 weeks and 6 weeks after fattening. …”
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Kastanjemalen Cameraria ohridella by Nyström, Monica

“…Cameraria ohridella, the chest-nut leaf miner, is a new pest in Sweden. These moths make leaf mines on chest-nut trees, preferably on Aesculus hippocastanum, which results in brown blotches on the foliage and early loss of leaves. …”
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An evaluation of body size as related to weight of three West African breeds of cattle in Nigeria by Buvanendran, V., Umoh, J.E., Abubakar, B.Y.

“…The linear regression coefficient of weight of chest girth in the N'Dama differed significantly from the other two breeds. …”
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Characterization of Bonga and Horro indigenous sheep breeds of smallholders for designing community based breeding strategies in Ethiopia by Edea, Zewdu

“…On the contrary, Bonga ewe’s had significantly (P<0.01) higher values than Horro with respect to body weight, body length, chest width, pelvic width and ear length. Horro male had higher values (P< 0.01) for chest girth; wither height and scrotal circumference than Bonga males. …”
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Påverkan av ett fysiskt träningsprogram på hull, muskelmassa och kroppsvikt hos hund by Berndtsson, Johanna, Deimel, Emilia

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Morphological diversity of northeastern fat-tailed and northwestern thin-tailed indigenous sheep breeds of Ethiopia by Deribe, B., Beyene, D., Dagne, K., Getachew, T., Gizaw, Solomon, Abebe, A.

“…The phenotypic traits such as live body weight and linear body measurements (body length, wither height, chest girth, chest depth, rump height, rump length, ear length, tail length, and pelvic width) were measured and used for analysis. …”
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A study of growth, development and carcass characteristics of the indigenous breeds of cattle in Northern Rhodesia by Black, J.G.

“…Discussions and data on live animal records, growth rate in body height and chest girth, body length, dressing percentage, percentage of hind quarters to fore quarters, meat to bone ratio on the dressed loin and carcass quality, as well as correlations of liveweight to body and carcass measurements included.…”
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Les Kapsiki: race taurine de l'extreme-Nord camerounais. I. Introduction et barymetrie by Dineur, B., Thys, E.

“…A barymetric formula was calculated and a body weight-chest girth conversion table deduced for practical use in the field.…”
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Can feeding a millet-based diet improve the growth of children? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Anitha, Seetha, Givens, David Ian, Subramaniam, Kowsalya, Upadhyay, Shweta, Kane-Potaka, Joanna, Vogtschmidt, Yakima D., Botha, Rosemary

“…When an enhanced and diverse diet was served, replacing rice with millet had only minimal growth improvement on chest circumference (p &lt; 0.05). The quality assessment using GRADE shows that the evidence used for this systematic review and meta-analysis had moderate quality, based on eight scoring criteria. …”
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Multivariate analysis of morphostructural characteristics in Nigerian indigenous sheep by Yakubu, A., Ibrahim, I.A.

“…A total of ten morphological traits (withers height, rump height, body length, face length, rump length, tail length, chest circumference, head width, shoulder width and rump width) were collected on each animal. …”
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Effect of protein intake on the onset of puberty in Bunaji and Friesian x Bunaji crossbred bulls in Nigeria by Rekwot, P.I., Oyedipe, E.O., Akerejola, O.L., Kumi-Diaka, J., Umoh, J.E.

“…The effect of two levels of protein intake on age, body weight, chest girth, withers height and condition score at puberty in Bunaji and Bunaji x Friesian bulls were examined. …”
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Description of production system and on-farm phenotypic characterization of Central Highland and Woyto-Guji goat breeds in Ethiopia by Zergaw, N., Dessie, Tadelle, Kebede, K.

“…The least-square means of body weight, body length, height at wither, chest girth, chest width, ramp length, horn length, ear length and pelvic width of Central Highland female goats were 29.5 ± 0.2 kg, 62.2 ± 0.2 cm, 67.5 ± 0.2 cm, 72.9 ± 0.2 cm, 13.4 ± 0.1 cm, 19.7 ± 0.1 cm, 12.8 ± 0.2 cm, 14.6 ± 0.1 cm and 13.5 ± 0.1 cm, respectively. …”
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Characterization of Menz and Afar indigenous sheep breeds of smallholders and pastoralists for designing community-based breeding strategies in Ethiopia by Getachew, T.

“…Thus chest girth could be used for the prediction of body weight, could serve as indirect selection criteria for body weight or it could help to measure progress of selection. …”
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Carcass characteristics of the marketed Matabele goat from south-western Zimbabwe by Simela, L., Ndlovu, L.R., Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele

“…Weight, dimensions, composition and yield indices of half-carcasses of 52 male (milk-teethed to full mouth) and 18 mature female (6-8 teeth) goats were examined to provide information on the characteristics of Matebele goat carcasses of different ages and sexes in order to identify those that may be used in an objective appraisal of local goat carcasses. Side length, chest depth, thigh circumference and eye muscle area (EMA) increased significantly (P0.05) with age. …”
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Characteristics of a Baoule herd by Morkramer, G.L., Dekpol, K.

“…Height at withers and loin, body length, length of head, chest girth, width of head and loin were measured at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 and 60 months of age. …”
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För- och nackdelar med elektrisk respektive koldioxidbedövning vid slakt av grisar : effekter på köttkvalitet och djurvälfärd by Berglund, Jessika

“…Electrical stunning may occur in several ways, the electrodes can be placed head-back, head-chest or head only. In some studies, the location of the electrodes has not significantly affected the meat quality, but the animal welfare has been positively affected by placement on the head-back or head-chest because the methods are irreversible. …”

Ko och kalv tillsammans i mjölkproduktion by Jannerman, Karin

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Evaluation of factors that might affect the grading of heart murmurs in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease by Horn, Emilia

“…The murmurs remained audible when the stethoscope was lifted slightly off the chest wall in 11%, 18%, and 63% of dogs in stages B1, B2, and C-D, respectively. …”
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Efecto del uso de sal común (NaCl) como limitador de consumo en suplementación de bovinos = Effect of the use of common salt (NaCl) as a limiter of intake in bovine supplementation by Slanac, Alcides Ludovico, Kucseva, Cesar Daniel

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Phenotypic variation for BOAS within four brachycephalic dog breeds : can good welfare be obtained? by Bertilsson, Ida

“…The conformational risk factors correlated to BOAS found in this study were snout length and craniofacial ratio for French Bulldogs, snout length, chest girth, neck length, sternum length and craniofacial ratio for English Bulldogs and none for either Pugs or Boston Terriers. …”