Prediction of Girolando cattle weight by means of body measurements extracted from images
Vanessa Weber, Fabricio de Lima Weber, Rodrigo da Costa Gomes, Adair da Silva Oliveira, Geazy Vilharva Menezes, U. G. P. de Abreu, Nícolas Alessandro de Souza Belete, Hemerson Pistori
Abstract
The objective with this study was to analyze the body measurements of Girolando cattle, as well as measurements extracted from their images, to generate a model to understand which measures further explain the cattle body weight. Therefore, the experiment physically measured 34 Girolando cattle (two males and 32 females), for the following traits: heart girth (HGP), circumference of the abdomen, body length, occipito-ischial length, wither height, and hip height. In addition, images of the dorsum and the body lateral [...]
Topics & Concepts
Body weightDorsumGirth (graph theory)CircumferenceBody heightAbdomenAnatomyBiologyAnimal scienceMathematicsGeometryCombinatoricsEndocrinologyEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockLivestock Management and Performance Improvement