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Table 2 Mean liveweight (LW), heart girth (HG), height at withers (HW), body length (BL) and body condition score (BCS) of smallholder dairy cattle in Western Kenya

From: Use of body linear measurements to estimate liveweight of crossbred dairy cattle in smallholder farms in Kenya

 

40–60 % exotic

61–80 % exotic

>80 % exotic

LW (kg)

 Heifers

195a (40.7)

212b (42.6)

215b (50.2)

 Cows

228a (39.5)

268b (52.6)

325c (57.7)

HG (cm)

 Heifers

141a (9.6)

142a (11.2)

148b (13.1)

 Cows

147a (8.6)

153b (11.2)

162c (8.1)

BL (cm)

 Heifers

103a (9.6)

102a (9.4)

111a (10.8)

 Cows

105a (7.2)

108b (7.5)

117c (6.7)

HW (cm)

 Heifers

105a (2.7)

106a (7.5)

113b (5.0)

 Cows

113a (6.4)

116ab (8.2)

118b (5.6)

BCS

 Heifers

2.1a (0.52)

2.7b (0.71)

2.3a (0.47)

 Cows

2.7a (0.71)

2.9a (0.64)

2.7a (0.59)

  1. abcMeans within a row bearing the same superscript are not different (P > 0.05); figures in parenthesis are standard deviation