The Effect of Age on Prediction of Body Weight from Body Linear Measurements of Female Indigenous Matebele Goat in Zimbabwe
Never Assan1,2, Machel Musasira3, Nicholas Mwareya4, Kwena Mokoena5, Thobela Louis Tyasi5*, Enock Muteyo3
1Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture Management, Bulawayo Regional Campus, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 2Professor Extraordinaire, University of South Africa, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, South Africa; 3Matopos Research Station, Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, Department of Research and Extension, Private Bag, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 4Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Mathematics, Mutare Regional Campus, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 5School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, Limpopo, South Africa.
*Correspondence | Thobela Louis Tyasi, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, Limpopo, South Africa; Email: louis.tyasi@ul.ac.za
Figure 1:
Linear body features measured in female Matebele goat.