Body measurement parameters as a function of assessing body weight in goats under on-farm research environment

Abstract

Body measurement parameters were stepwisely regressed on the body weight of goats in a controlled environment. The results revealed a positive relationship between parameters such as ear length and weight; tail length; distance between eyes and body weight in goats. From the results body weight of goats can be assessed up to 74.29 percent by regressing distance between eyes, tail length and age of the animal on its body weight without the farmer having to contend with the difficult process of weighing the animal.