Characteristics of Body Measurement and Shape of Garut Sheep and its Crosses With Other Breeds
Abstract
ABSTRACT
INOUNU, I., ERFAN and R. H. MULYONO. 2009. Characteristic of body measurement and shape of Garut sheep and its crosses with
other breeds. JITV 14(4): 295-306.
It is important to know body measurement because it could be used to estimate body weight as well as to differentiate the
chrateristic of body measurement and shape of animal due to different breed or environment. This research was carried out to
study morphometric characteristic of body size and body shape from 78 of Garut sheep (GG), 29 HG sheep {crossbred between
St. Croix (HH) and Garut sheep (GG)}, 36 MG sheep {crossbred between Mouton Charollais (MM) and Garut sheep (GG)}, 62
MHG sheep (MG x HG) and 38 HMG sheep (HG x MG). Body part measured were wither height (X1), rump height (x2), body
length (X3), chest width (X4), chest depth (X5), hip width (X6), chest girth (X7), cannon circumference (X8) and hip length
(X9). Data obeserved were analised using t test and Principle Components Analysis (PCA). Based on PCA it was showen that
chest girth was the primary identity for body measurement on males and females of Garut, HG, MG, MHG and HMG with its
Eigenvector value 0.689; 0.709; 0.689 and 0.681 respectively. The primary indentity for body shape of Garut sheep were chest
girth and hip heigth with Eigenvector value -0.600 and 0.551 respectively. The primary indentity for body shape of HG sheep
were body length with Eigenvector value -0.725. The primary indentity for body shape of MG sheep were chest girth, rump
heigth, and wither heigth with Eigenvectors value: -0.600; 0.558 and 0.555 respectively. The primary indentity for body shape
of MHG sheep was wither height with Eigenvector value 0.608. The primary indentity for body shape of HMG was body length
with Eigenvector value 0.764. Body shape of HG and MG sheep is different than that of Garut sheep, but the body shape of
MHG and HMG were close to Garut body shape. This result indicated that the adaptability to environment of HMG and MHG
is close to that of Garut sheep.