Determination of best fitted regression model for estimation of body weight in awassi sheep

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Topal, Mehmet ^a   Yildiz, Necati ^a   Esenbuğa, Nurinisa ^a   Aksakal, Vecihi ^a   Macit, Muhlis ^a   Özdemir, Memiș ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awassi sheep; Body measurements; Body weight; Regression models

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HEIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SHEEP FARMING; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THORAX;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0142071654     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2003.9706422     Document Type: Article

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