Blanco Penedo, Isabel
- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)
Sammanfattning
Body measurements in Portuguese Holstein-Friesian breed and its association with the dimensions of the cubicles were investigated. During a period of 5 months, body measurements and cubicles size data from 55 commercial Portuguese dairy herds were collected including in total 1054 individual cows. Data were analyzed using the general linear model and principal components. The most relevant body measurements were: height at withers (141.1 +/- 4.72 cm), height at rump (144.2 +/- 4.47 cm), length of trunk (170.8 +/- 8.31 cm), width of biiliac (55.9 +/- 4.17 cm) and perimeter of the thorax (206.8 +/- 10.43 cm). In general, the first class of parity showed significant different measures (P
Nyckelord
Holstein-Friesian; Measurements; Cubicles
Publicerad i
International Journal Of Morphology
2013, volym: 31, nummer: 1, sidor: 55-63
SLU författare
UKÄ forskningsämne
Klinisk vetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022013000100008
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/86980