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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. C. Bowman
J. C. Bowman
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, RG6 2AT
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Discussion of this topic requires clear definition of terms. For instance, because size can be such an ambiguous word, it is essential at all times to state the units of measurement of size of the animal. The units may referto height, weight, skeletal size, metabolic body weight or to some component of body composition. Most frequently the subject is discussed in terms of body weight, or some function of it representing metabolic body size, and little cognisance is taken of possible differences in body composition. I consider this to be a serious omission, because it seems highly unlikely that weight of the animal will have the same relationship to productivity irrespective of the composition of the weight.

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55th Meeting, Harper Adams, 18 to 22 September 1972 Symposium: Size of Animal in Relation to Productivity with Special Reference to the Ruminant
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 2 , January 1973 , pp. 43 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1973

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