The assessment of the powers of body measurements in the estimation of weights and the accuracies of body weights in the estimation of size among livestock species has been widely reported. Body weight is the commonly reported measure of size (Fitzhugh & Bradford, 1983). The reliability of single measurements such as wither height, body length, heart girth, rump height and width e.t.c. in the e...

Real-time ultrasound is currently used for in vivo carcass evaluation of beef cattle. We estimated heritability and repeatability coefficients for ultrasound-measured carcass traits in Nelore cattle. We measured longissimus muscle area, backfat thickness, and rump fat thickness in male and female animals ranging in age from 10 to 26 months. The variance components were estimated by single...

The changes in genital tract morphometry, foetal dimensions, the relative volumes of fluids during gestation was evaluated Red Sokoto (Maradi) does using 28 gravid genitalia. Based on ages fetuses, each genitalia classified into one three phases namely: early, mid and late for a comparison all parameters. While both uterus placenta were significantly enlarged, (P<0.05) at gestation, other mo...

Data on 186 Hereford heifers from five South Dakota ranches were collected to evaluate the relationships of pelvic structure and body measurements with calving difficulty (CD) and pelvic area. Body measurements obtained prebreeding and precalving included two internal pelvic and seven external rump measurements, three pelvic angles and two slope of rump measurements. A calving difficulty score ...

BACKGROUND Nuchal translucency (NT) is the fluid collection behind the fetal neck which can be measured by ultrasound at 11-14 weeks of gestation. Increase in the nuchal translucency thickness is associated with various congenital anomalies. OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between nuchal translucency thickness, crown rump length and gestational age in normal fetus. METHODS Prospective a...

The aim of this study was to analyze LEP and DGAT1 gene polymorphisms in 3 Nelore lines selected for growth and to evaluate their effects on growth and carcass traits. Traits analyzed were birth, weaning, and yearling weight, rump height, LM area, backfat thickness, and rump fat thickness obtained by ultrasound. Two SNP in the LEP gene [LEP 1620(A/G) and LEP 305(T/C)] and the K232A mutation in ...

Ten body measurements were taken on 30 Uda sheep aged 0-14 months within the humid southwest Nigeria. The body measurements were wither height (WH), body length (BL), rump length (RL), rump height (RH), rump width (RW), foreleg length (FL), shoulder width (SW), face length (FaL), tail length (TL) and heart girth (HG). The aim was to investigate the variance structure and provide an objective de...

We quantitated the growth patterns of the normal fetal heart and the right and left ventricles from postmortem hearts obtained from 55 spontaneously aborted human fetuses from the completion of cardiogenesis to term. Fetal gestational age was assessed by menstrual history of the mother, crown-rump length, head circumference, and body weight and ranged from 8 to 40 weeks. Each heart was perfused...

This study was done from September 2006 to May 2007. A total of 105 Menz breed sheep from Yemenze Gera Midir district in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. The spatial distribution of sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) and chewing lice (Bovicola ovis) on Menz breed sheep were examined which were naturally infested. The densities if sheep keds and lice were determined through counting aft...

background: considering that establishment of reference value of nuchal translucency (nt)-related to the crown rump length (crl) during the first trimester will be helpful for determining an appropriate cutoff level for  screening of increased nt thickness-related abnormalities, we determined the nt thickness and investigated its relation with diff erent chromosomal and nonchromosomal abnormali...