RELATIONSHIP AMONG LIVEWEIGHT AND LINEAR DIMENSIONS OF YANKASA SHEEP IN HADEJIA LIVESTOCK MARKET, JIGAWA STATE

A. M. UMAR; A. MOHAMMED; M.S. TAMBURAWA; S. L. IBRAHIM; L. A. KAZAURE; S. H. ADAMU; Y. MUHAMMAD; L. A. JINADU; M. G. HADEJIA

doi:10.51791/njap.vi.6839

Authors

A. M. UMAR Binyaminu Usman College of Agriculture, Hadejia, Jigawa State
A. MOHAMMED Federal Polytechnic. Bauchi
M.S. TAMBURAWA Kano University of Science and Technology
S. L. IBRAHIM Bayero University, Kano
L. A. KAZAURE Binyaminu Usman College of Agriculture, Hadejia, Jigawa State
S. H. ADAMU Farmers and Herdsmen Board, Old Secretariat, Dutse
Y. MUHAMMAD Binyaminu Usman College of Agriculture, Hadejia, Jigawa State
L. A. JINADU Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
M. G. HADEJIA Binyaminu Usman College of Agriculture, Hadejia, Jigawa State

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.6839

Abstract

The liveweight (LW) and linear body measurements (LBMs) of one hundred and twenty (120) yearling Yankasa Sheep from Hadejia Livestock Market were used for the study. The LBMs were Age, Backlength (BL), Tail length (TL), Ear length (EL), Horn length (HL), Neck length (NL). Height at Withers (HAW). Heart girth(HG) and LW. The correlation coefficient of LW and all LBMs were positive. The strongest and weakest relationship were observed between LW and HL (r = 0.680; P < 0.01), and LW and TL. (0.124) respectively. HAW and HG could be used to predict the LW among all the LBMs.