Open AccessFirst study on phenotypic and morphological characteristics of Malaysian Kedah-Kelantan cattle (Bos indicus) and method of estimating their body weight
Author(s) -
Mohammed Sirajul Islam,
Nurhusien Yimer,
H. Wahid,
Jesse Faez Firdaos Abdullah,
Mark Wen Han Hiew,
Mamat Hamidi Kamalludin,
Hafizah Binti Mohamad Zawawi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
veterinary world/veterinary world
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2231-0916
pISSN - 0972-8988
DOI - 10.14202/vetworld.2022.728-736
Subject(s) - rump , coat , girth (graph theory) , biology , hoof , circumference , claw , french horn , zoology , wattle (construction) , veterinary medicine , anatomy , morphometrics , body weight , mathematics , medicine , ecology , psychology , pedagogy , history , geometry , archaeology , combinatorics , endocrinology
Indigenous Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle are well adapted with distinguished reproductive capabilities; they account for more than 70% of the domestic beef production in Malaysia. The published literature on the phenotypic and morphometric characteristics of KK cattle are sparse and require further improvement. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine the phenotypic and morphometric characteristics of Malaysian KK cattle and method of estimating live body weight (BW).