Morphological Indices in Evaluation of Type and Function and Stepwise Regression Analysis in Balami Sheep

A Dauda
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A Dauda: Department of Animal Science University of Calabar P.M.B 1115 Calabar, Nigeria

Sumerianz Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary, 2018, vol. 1, issue 2, 54-58

Abstract: A total of 227 Balami breeds (50 males and 177 females) were randomly sampled from the population of Balami sheep for body characterization. The morphometric trait measured were; body weight (BW), body length (BL), height at wither (HW), chest circumference (CC), head length (HDL), head width (HDW), ear length (EL), horn length (HNL), horn circumference (HNC), tail length (TL), rump width (RW), rump length (RL), foreleg (FLG), hind leg (HLG), height at rump (HTR) and neck length (NL). From the morphometric traits morphological indices were calculated such as Length Index (LI), Pelvic Index (PI), Body Index (BI), Proportionality (Ipr), Thoracic Development (TD), BC=Baron Crevet (BC), Compact Index 1 (CI1), Area Index (AI) and Relative Cannon Thickness Index (RCTI). SPSS was used for stepwise regression and Excel was used for calculation of morphological indices. The result of average value of morphological indices for LI, PI, BI, Ipr, TD, BC, CI1, AI and RCTI are 1.65, 73.92, 64.37, 155.22, 1.01, 2.01, 0.01, 653.80 and 676.23 respectively. The result of correlation among morphological indices of Balami showed that LI was significantly (p

Keywords: Morphology; Indices; Balami; Regression; Sheep (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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