Breed and sex effects on morphometric parameters of four indigenous cattle in Nigeria

Experiments were conducted to assess the morphometric traits in four indigenous cattle breeds (n=300) namely; Keteku, Muturu, N’dama and White Fulani, so as to determine the effects of breed and sex on the body measurements in cattle and prediction of the linear body relationship among body parameters using linear, quadratic and cubic functions, results of the morphometric traits data analyses showed that breeds and breed*sex were important sources of variation and significantly (P0.05), the coefficients correlation gave the best and highest relationship between HW and HC in N’dama with a value of 0.94, and the coefficients correlation in the Muturu were generally lower as compared with other breeds. Se llevaron a cabo experimentos para evaluar los rasgos morfométricos en cuatro razas de ganado autóctonas (n = 300); Keteku, Muturu, N’dama y White Fulani, para determinar los efectos de la raza y el sexo en las mediciones del cuerpo en el ganado y la predicción de la relación corporal lineal entre los parámetros corporales usando funciones lineales, cuadráticas y cúbicas, resultados de los rasgos morfométricos los análisis de datos mostraron que las razas y el sexo de raza fueron fuentes importantes de variación y significativamente (P