Morphological characterization of Arab and Oromo goats in northwestern Ethiopia

Table 5 Multiple regression analysis of live BW on different body measurements of Arab and Oromo goats in all age groups

Breed	Model	Parameters								Adj. R²	AIC	BIC	MSE
Breed	Model	β₀	β₁	β₂	β₃	β₄	β₅	β₆	β₇	Adj. R²	AIC	BIC	MSE
Arab	CG	− 33.65	0.89							0.90	922.15	932.14	5.00
	CG + BL	− 33.09	0.54	0.41						0.94	809.18	822.49	2.86
	CG + BL + RH	− 34.03	0.47	0.34	0.14					0.95	791.72	808.36	2.60
	CG + BL + RH + PW	− 40.16	0.44	0.32	0.14	0.73				0.95	776.47	796.43	2.39
	CG + BL + RH + PW + HL	− 40.74	0.41	0.31	0.16	0.70	0.18			0.96	764.88	788.18	2.24
	CG + BL + RH + PW + HL + WH	− 40.84	0.39	0.28	0.13	0.66	0.17	0.09		0.96	758.55	785.17	2.15
	CG + BL + RH + PW + HL + WH + EL	− 42.13	0.39	0.27	0.12	0.60	0.21	0.10	0.12	0.96	756.51	786.46	2.11
Oromo	CG	− 37.55	0.94							0.85	1676.19	1688.34	3.04
	CG + EL	− 42.52	0.92	0.47						0.85	1665.31	1681.50	2.95
	CG + EL + CW	− 45.32	0.89	0.46	0.30					0.86	1656.16	1676.39	2.87
	CG + EL + CW + BL	− 45.41	0.77	0.48	0.35	0.13				0.86	1645.29	1669.57	2.78
	CG + EL + CW + BL + HL	− 44.76	0.74	0.48	0.34	0.13	0.09			0.86	1637.51	1665.84	2.72

CG chest girth; BL body length; RH rump height; PW pelvic width; HL horn length; WH wither height; EL ear length; CW chest width; R² coefficient of determination; AIC Akaike’s information criteria; SBC (BIC) Bayesian information criteria; MSE mean square error

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