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: Received: 5 April 2024 / Approved: 5 April 2024 / Online: 5 April 2024 (12:13:39 CEST)
How to cite:
Shalaldeh, A.; Page, S.; Anthony, P.; Charters, S.; Safa, M.; Logan, C.; Johnson, R. Relationship of Body Condition Score, Body Parameters and Body Carcass Fat in Coopworth Breeding Ewes. Preprints2024, 2024040438. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0438.v1
Shalaldeh, A.; Page, S.; Anthony, P.; Charters, S.; Safa, M.; Logan, C.; Johnson, R. Relationship of Body Condition Score, Body Parameters and Body Carcass Fat in Coopworth Breeding Ewes. Preprints 2024, 2024040438. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0438.v1
Shalaldeh, A.; Page, S.; Anthony, P.; Charters, S.; Safa, M.; Logan, C.; Johnson, R. Relationship of Body Condition Score, Body Parameters and Body Carcass Fat in Coopworth Breeding Ewes. Preprints2024, 2024040438. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0438.v1
APA Style
Shalaldeh, A., Page, S., Anthony, P., Charters, S., Safa, M., Logan, C., & Johnson, R. (2024). Relationship of Body Condition Score, Body Parameters and Body Carcass Fat in Coopworth Breeding Ewes. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0438.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Shalaldeh, A., Chris Logan and Rebecca Johnson. 2024 "Relationship of Body Condition Score, Body Parameters and Body Carcass Fat in Coopworth Breeding Ewes" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0438.v1
Abstract
The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between body condition score (BCS) and body carcass fat (BCF) of ewes at two key stages of the production cycle. Data were collected from 88 Coopworth ewes including BCS measurements manually evaluated by the farm manager, BCF measurements determined by computerized tomography (CT) and body parameter measurements automatically determined by an image processing application. Artificial neural network (ANN) statistical analysis method was used to develop a relationship between the body parameters and the BCF with an r2=0.96 and RMSE=1.01 using all top and side variables.
Keywords
body condition score; body parameters; body carcass fat; live weight; ewes condition; image analysis; Artificial neural network
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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