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Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci. 4 (2): 99 - 106
http://dx.doi.org/10.14737/journal.aavs/2016/4.2.99.106
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Md. Mahbubur Rashid1*, Md. Azharul Hoque1, Khan Shahidul Huque2, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan1

1Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh; 2Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka-1341, Bangladesh.

*Correspondence | Md. Mahbubur Rashid, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail: rashidjas@yahoo.com

Abstract
The present study was carried out to investigate the relationship between morphometric measurements and weight and to predict live weight of Brahman X Local crossbred cattle using linear body measurements. A total of 100 male and 85 female Brahman X Local crossbred cattle of 6 to 33 months age were used for the study. The study revealed that most of the morphometric measurements were linearly increased with the advances of age. The body weight had highest correlation coefficient with heart girth (HG) around the chest (r=0.95) and lowest with ear length (r=0.70) compared with other body measurements. Grouping of data according to age indicated that correlation coefficients of heart girth with body weight were similar for all age groups. The stepwise regression models indicated that heart girth singly accounted highest variation (91%) in body weight for all animals. Thus, the general equation for prediction of live weight (Y) of Brahman crossbred cattle was Y=4.447HG – 390.2 (±11.3). The regression equations for the live weight were Y=2.554HG – 173.90(±12.3), Y=3.988HG – 336.3(±11.0) and Y=5.854HG – 596.0(±30.0) for equal or less than 12 months, above 12 to 24 months and above 24 months age groups, respectively. Body length (BL) and HG combined together gave the best fitted model for estimating body weight for all animals, which was Y=3.549HG + 1.251BL – 408.85(±11.7). The results suggested that prediction equations based on HG or in combination of HG and body length can be used efficiently to predict live weight of Brahman crossbred cattle in rural condition.

Keywords | Body measurements, Brahman crossbred, Correlations, Heart girth, Regression equations

Editor | Kuldeep Dhama, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Received | November 12, 2015; Revised | December 11, 2015; Accepted | December 14, 2015; Published | February 19, 2016

Citation | Rashid MM, Hoque MA, Huque KS, Bhuiyan AKFH (2016). Prediction of live weight for Brahman crossbred cattle using linear body measurements in rural area. Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci. 4(2): 99-106.

ISSN (Online) | 2307-8316; ISSN (Print) | 2309-3331

Copyright © 2016 Rashid et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.