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The championships are a conformation championship and two agility championships.
Accomplished Cocker
On farms where these data were generated, the animals were selected based on an index formed by conformation, finishing precocity, and musculature characteristics at weaning and yearling, scrotal circumference at yearling, and days to gain 160kg from birth to weaning and 200kg in the post weaning-yearling periods.
Genetic trends for mature body weight, visual scores, and growth traits in nellore cattle/Tendencia genetica para peso adulto, escores visuais e caracteristicas de crescimento em bovinos de corte da raca Nelore
Moreover, the average body conformation in respect of girth, height and length of group A kids (48.
Comparative Study on Growth and Conformation of Male Teddy Kids under Two Management Systems
In conformation shows, a dog earns points by besting other dogs in terms of overall appearance, build and movement according to their respective breed's standards.
A dog's tale
The way a dog is constructed reveals itself in how the dog moves, which is why dogs in the conformation show ring are evaluated both standing and moving.
In search of sound: how to tell if your dog is built to last, or even physically able to do the job you have in mind for him--and what to do if he's not!
Last year more than 10% of lamb carcases achieved a conformation of 'E' - the highest possible - and almost double the number of four years ago.
Quality up in finished Welsh lamb
As a result, they discovered that acute mastitis was more likely in ewes with poor udder conformation, teat lesions and inadequate nutrition in pregnancy, as well as those feeding twins or triplets.
Udders give indication of sheep's risk of mastitis
The heritability of conformation was estimated at [h.
Genetic variability of show jumping attributes in young horses commencing competing
Those models use the differential equations based on the conformation tensor.
Determination of molecular orientation using molecular dynamics for polymer melt flows in circular ducts
Most of the body conformation traits are heritable to varying levels and have been reported in almost all of the important dairy cattle breeds.
HERITABILITY ESTIMATES OF SOME LINEAR TYPE TRAITS IN NILI RAVI BUFFALOES
Robert and Kay Vincent's 83-ewe Whitehead flock based near Trelech, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, has claimed the Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders Association's top flock award for breed type and overall conformation.
Welsh flock takes top ewe accolade; COUNTRY IN BRIEF
The book covers structural features of carbohydrates, including cyclization and conformation preferences and their energetics, then moves on to nucleophilic reaction at the anomeric center, glycoside hydrolysis, and transglycosylation.
Carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry; structure and mechanism, 2d ed

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