BODY MEASUREMENTS

Body measurement, exhibits highest correlation with body weight is heart girth. This measurement mostly used in case of cattle and horses and to a limited used in case of sheep and goat very limited extent on pigs.

In small animals like goat accurate estimation of body weight from body measurement has been suggested (Bhattacharya et al., 1984). The best equation for body weight suggested are

Where Y = body weight in kg and X₁ X₃ and X₄ respectively are heart girth, length and circumference of neck in cm.

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