Genetic relationship of body measurement traits at early age with carcass traits in Japanese black cattle     

Tahmina Munim  Takuro Oikawa  Takayuki Ibi  Tetsuo Kunieda 《Animal Science Journal》2013,84(3):206-212

Estimates of genetic parameters were obtained for body measurement traits of 648 animals at 4 months of age, of 545 at 8 months and carcass traits of 14 972 animals with the use of an animal model by the restricted maximum likelihood procedure. The estimated heritabilities for carcass traits were high (0.41 to 0.54). At 4 months the estimated direct heritabilities for body measurement traits were moderate to high (0.28 to 0.64), except for chest width (0.19); at 8 months they were also moderate to high (0.23 to 0.49), except for chest depth and chest width (0.18 and 0.06, respectively). Maternal heritabilities for all body measurement traits were low at both ages. The results indicate that because of their moderate direct genetic correlations with body measurement traits, carcass weight, rib thickness and subcutaneous fat thickness can be improved; however, rib eye area and beef marbling standard show little such possibility considering their correlation with body measurement traits.  相似文献   

Study of the live body weight and body characteristics of the African Muscovy duck (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Caraina moschata</Emphasis>)     

Téguia A  Mafouo Ngandjou H  Defang H  Tchoumboue J 《Tropical animal health and production》2008,40(1):5-10

Three hundred and twenty 1-week old ducklings (160 males and 160 females) were used to evaluate the body weight, body parts and carcass characteristics of the African Muscovy duck. Sexual dimorphism was in favour of the male for all the parameters throughout the experimental period, however the difference was significant (P < 0.05) only after week 2. The 12-week old male weighed 1832.0 ± 180.4 g while the female reached only 68.2% of the male weight. Metatarsus diameter, thoracic perimeter, body length, length of bill, foot and wing in cm were respectively 1.3, 29.5, 57.5, 7.0, 27.1 and 27.8 for the male as compared with 1.2, 25.8, 51.0, 6.3, 23.3 and 26.9 for the female. Body measurements were highly (P < 0.01) correlated with body weight for both sexes, however the highest correlation coefficients were obtained with wing length (0.990 and 0.995) and thoracic perimeter (0.993 and 0.973) for female and male respectively. Live body weight had a linear relationship with both wing length (R² = 0.991 and 0.81) and thoracic perimeter (R² = 0.948 and 0.986) for male and female respectively. The female duck yielded higher percent ready-to-cook carcass (66.3%), breast (13.6%), liver (2.8%), heart (1.5%) and gizzard (3.8%) as compared to the male (65.0%, 12.0%, 2.5%, 1.1% and 3.4% respectively) although the difference was not significant (P > 0.05). The male small intestine (185.1 ± 3.4 cm), colon (14.8 ± 1.0 cm) and caecum (17.9 ± 0.4 cm) were significantly (P < 0.05) longer than that of the female (152.2 ± 1.8, 10.8 ± 0.7 and 14.85 ± 0.6 cm respectively).  相似文献   

COMPARISON OF ULTRASONOGRAPHIC AND RADIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS OF CANINE PROSTATE DIMENSIONS     

Gultekin  Atalan  Dr. Vet. Med.  Frances J.  Barr  MA  VetMB  PhD  MRCVS  Peter E.  Holt  BVMS  PhD  CBiol  MIBiol  FRCVS 《Veterinary radiology & ultrasound》1999,40(4):408-412

The purposes of this study were to: 1) compare prostatic dimensions measured on radiographic and ultrasonographic images and 2) compare a subjective radiographic assessment of prostate size with a previously-described objective method. Thirty-four male dogs undergoing investigation of prostatic disorders were used. Prostate length and depth were measured from ultrasonographic and radiographic images. A subjective assessment of prostate size ('small', 'normal', or 'enlarged') was made in 29 animals by one of the authors who was unaware of radiographic or ultrasonographic measurements. In addition, the distance from sacral promontory to the pubic brim was also measured. A prostate length or depth of >70% of this distance was defined as 'enlarged' and <70% as 'normal'. After the effects of magnification on radiographic measurements were eliminated, there were no significant differences between prostatic length measured by the two methods. However, a significant difference was obtained between prostatic depth measurements. The subjective assessment agreed with a previously described objective assessment of prostatic size in 21/29 dogs for prostate length but in only 12/29 for depth. Prostatic length varied from 46.6 to 116.4% (mean 75.7%) of the distance from the pubic brim to the sacral promontory. Prostatic depth varied from 33.0% to 94.6% (mean 59.7%) of the same distance. It is recommended that prostate length, rather than depth, be used when evaluating prostate size from lateral abdominal radiographs.  相似文献   

平武黄牛体尺外貌的研究     

吴照民  李宪德  苟兴能  谢兴宁  梁斌  敬流浪 《四川畜牧兽医》1999,26(9)

对平武黄牛主产区生态条件的调查、外貌的观察和体尺的测定,与四川现有黄牛地方品种的比较分析,结果表明平武黄牛在体尺、外貌、体尺指数等方面有别于其它黄牛品种,是川西北山区良好的役用型黄牛种群,具有向役肉兼用型方向发展的优良特性。  相似文献   

Use of reflectance measurements for the early detection of N,P, Mg,and Fe deficiencies in Zea mays L.     

Simone Graeff  Diedrich Steffens  Sven Schubert 《植物养料与土壤学杂志》2001,164(4):445-450

Mineral deficiencies can seriously reduce crop yield and economic returns to farmers. Reflectance measurements may provide inexpensive and fast estimates of the mineral status of plants. This study was conducted to examine specific changes of leaf reflectance due to nutrient deficiencies. During the 1998 and 1999 growing seasons leaf scans of N‐, P‐, Mg‐, and Fe‐deficient corn plants were performed with a digital LEICA S1 PRO camera under controlled light conditions. Leaf scans were evaluated with the L*a*b*‐color system. This is a three‐dimensional system with parameter a* describing the green/red percentage and parameter b* the blue/yellow percentage of a color. L* represents the lightness of a color. The a* and b* parameters provided good prediction of N, P, Mg, and Fe status of the plants in the wavelength ranges of 380—390 nm, 430—780 nm, 516—780 nm, 516—IR, and 540—600 nm because reflectance changed specifically due to the nutrient deficiency. Analyses of water‐soluble and propanol‐soluble pigments showed no significant changes in absorbance during latent deficiency. The results indicate that reflectance measurements may provide a powerful tool for the specific detection of latent nutrient deficiencies in corn plants.  相似文献   

尼罗罗非鱼出肉率与可量性状的相关性   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：4  

董在杰  梁政远  徐跑  明俊超  张平  张守领  何杰  谢庄 《中国水产科学》2010,17(2):212-217

运用统计分析方法研究了吉富品系和埃及品系尼罗罗非鱼(Oreochro misniloticus)2龄成鱼雌、雄个体的出肉率和可量性状之间的相关性。结果显示,尼罗罗非鱼的平均出肉率为38.68%,雄性个体出肉率比雌性个体略高,吉富品系出肉率比埃及品系略高。尼罗罗非鱼出肉率与可量性状间存在较强的线性关系,拟合方程相关系数为0.985。在有显著意义的可量性状相关系数中(P0.01),与肉片质量和出肉率的相关性均最高的可量性状为体质量,相关系数分别为0.964和0.575;其次为体高、体长和体厚。而头长与肉片质量、出肉率均呈负相关关系。雄性个体的相关系数均高于雌性个体,在雄性个体中,出肉率与体质量的相关系数为0.630,与体高的相关系数为0.617,均为中等程度相关。对可量性状之间的比值与出肉率进行相关性分析,相关系数普遍比单个性状高,特别在雄性个体中表现明显。其中相关系数较高的比例组合有身长/头长比值(0.765)、体长/头长比值(0.732)、身长/体厚比值(0.703),均达到较强程度的相关,比单个性状的相关性有明显提高。结果表明,利用可量性状预测罗非鱼的出肉率是可行的。  相似文献   

膨润土防渗毯用于渠道衬砌及其老化因素对力学性能的影响   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

于健  周春生  史海滨  张沛琪  赵培清  史吉刚 《农业工程学报》2011,27(11):170-175

膨润土防水毯(GCL)在渠道衬砌工程有较大的应用价值.为了测试膨润土防渗毯用于渠道衬砌其老化因素对力学性能的影响,以内蒙古河套灌区为研究区域,采用室内模拟及工程现场试验相结合,对5种老化因素的3种GCL力学性能影响进行了测试.结果表明:温度、湿度、紫外线照射都会对GCL的力学性能造成影响.高温对GCL力学性能影响大于低...  相似文献   

番茄辣椒微型根系形态原位采集系统设计与实现   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

鲁伟  汪小旵  王凤杰 《农业工程学报》2018,34(22):12-18

为实时获取浅根系作物的根系生长形态,设计了一种可用于多点测量的微型根系形态实时原位采集系统。系统主要由微型摄像头和光学放大元件等组成(体积1.5cm3),采集的图像通过无线模块发送至终端。采用基于区域生长的根系图像分析方法,以腐蚀图像为出发点,膨胀图像为终止点,结合相似性准则进行区域生长、区域标记和区域保留,来滤除土壤孔隙和杂质等对图像产生的干扰,从而提取根系轮廓,并通过图像形态学计算得到根长密度、根系平均直径等形态参数。以此系统采集樱桃番茄、辣椒根系形态参数,试验结果表明,根系长度测定值的绝对误差不超过1.5 mm,相对误差不超过5.3%;根系平均直径绝对误差不超过0.09 mm,相对误差不超过6.7%。与土壤采样法测定值相比,在0～10、10～20、20～30和30～40 cm 4个土壤层内2种测定方法根系平均直径决定系数R20.87(P0.01),根长密度在30 cm深度以内的土壤层决定系数R20.81(P0.01)。证明本文设计的微型根系形态实时原位采集系统具有较高的准确性,可用于浅根系作物形态的多点观测。  相似文献   

伊犁马速步赛成绩与体尺性状的相关性研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李敏  孟军  刘运飞  郭海娟  曾亚琦  姚新奎 《中国畜牧兽医》2014,41(10):209-212

试验对伊犁马速步赛的体尺性状与比赛成绩之间的相关性进行了研究。测定速步赛中不同比赛项目伊犁马的体高(X₁)、体长(X₂)、胸围(X₃)和管围(X₄),计算体长率(X₅)、胸围率(X₆)和管围率(X₇),并用SPSS 18.0软件分析其与比赛成绩之间的相关性。结果表明,在不同的比赛项目中,体尺性状与比赛用时有显著或极显著的相关性(P<0.05;P<0.01)。1000 m速步赛中比赛用时随体高、体长、胸围的增大而减少,随管围、胸围率和管围率的减小而减小;3000 m速步赛中比赛用时随体高、体长的增大而减小,随胸围率和管围率的减小而减小;5000 m速步赛中比赛用时随体高、胸围、体长的增大而减小,随管围率的减小而减小。  相似文献   

智能水位测控仪在节水灌溉系统中的开发与应用   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

杨运经  张社奇  时新玲 《农业工程学报》2009,25(11):178-182

基于变频节能节水灌溉系统中对蓄水池水位测控的实际需要,以MCS-51系列单片机为核心,设计了一种水位测控的硬件及软件电路系统,实现了对蓄水池水位的准确测量与监控。该系统克服了数字式液位测控仪校正环节复杂、预置值温漂、控制方式单一的技术缺陷;屏除了其他智能测控仪表对传感器输入信号要求高、参数编辑过程复杂的应用弊端。性能检测与应用结果表明,该电路系统性能可靠,使用方便,性价比高,并在节水灌溉中得到了良好的应用。  相似文献