Investigation of the Relationships Between Body Weight, Body Measurements and Testicular Measurements in Saanen Kids
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https://doi.org/10.65888/icraft.3.1.20Keywords:
Body measurement, Testicular measurement, Saanen, CorrelationAbstract
This study was conducted to investigate the relationships between body weight, body measurements and testicular measurements in Saanen kids. For this purpose, 45 male Saanen kids obtained from goats with synchronized births were used. Body weight (BW), body measurements such as withers height (WH), rump height (RH), body length (BL), chest depth (CD), chest girth (CG) and testicular measurements such as testicular diameter (TD), testicular length (TL), scrotal circumference (SC), scrotal length (SL), scrotal volume (SV), testicular volume (TV) were measured in the kids in the first 3 months after birth. The overall mean values of WH, RH, BL, CD, CG, TD, TL, SC, SL, SV, TV and BW of the Saanen kids were 48.19±0.44 cm, 47.58±0.54 cm, 45.02±0.45 cm, 17.69±0.23 cm, 47.30±0.54 cm, 2.01±0.05 cm, 3.95±0.09 cm, 9.70±0.27 cm, 56.25±1.37 cm, 43.33±2.38 cm3, 17.34±1.41 cm3 and 11.46±0.25 kg, respectively. The mean values for body weight, body measurements and testicular measurements differed significantly between all months (p < 0.01). The correlation coefficient between SC and TV was highest (p < 0.01) except for month 1. In the first month, the correlation coefficient between WH and RH was the highest, the correlation coefficient between SC and TV was the second highest (p < 0.01).
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