Possibility of reducing calving difficulties by selection. III. – A note on pelvic size in relation to body weight of cattle 英文参考文献.docVIP

A NOTE ON PELVIC SIZE IN RELATION TO BODY WEIGHT OF CATTLE ()1 L. S. MONTEIRO A. R. C. Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ (Scotland) Internal measurements of pelvic height and width were made on 33 nulliparous or non- nulliparous females from 10 breed groups, varying from 8 months to 6 years of age, and reared either on a conventional or a complete diet. .0 0- 35 0. 40 ::I: 4 ::I: height and width to body weight after adjustement for the .0 5 and effect of parturition and diet gave growth coefficients of for height .0 and width The inter-breed regressions for the logarithm of pelvic size adjusted 4.0 0.8 .0 for height and width respectively. Thus, within the limitations of the data, pelvic size could be estimated at any stage of maturity with an error of ! ! p. 100 (or id 4 p. l oo if adjusted for parturition, diet and breed) from the equations : The effect of one or more was to increase expected pelvic height by pelvic height by - by 4-7 p. roo. M of and the effect parturition of 10 p. 4 The implication of these results is that, in the index of calving difficulties obtained by body weight exponent 4.0 (ig6g), both functioning as predictors of linear pelvic size. The ratio of pelvic size to (body weight). might therefore be the appropriate form for a selection index against calving difficulties. M, B, ENISSIER M, (1) Cet article fait suite aux deux precedents mémoires parus sous le même de mesure de l’ouverture -124pelvienne des bovins : F. B. Vissac, B. PER- . . ? 1971 Ann. Ginit. S!. anim., 3, , . au vêlage de trois races ’a viande fran!aises : F. Ann. Gen!t. SEl. anàm., 6, -go.  E size has been AUPERR (Ig73). CAS The relationship studied by M!LrISSI!It and In a study involving the factorial crossing of Limousin, Charolais and Maine Anjou cattle, they found that as a dam breed the Limousin had least difficult