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Provedor de dados: 	96	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Multivariate analysis of morphometry effect on race performance in Thoroughbred horses	
Autores: 	Paksoy,Yavuzkan; Ünal,Necmettin.	
Data: 	2019-01-01	
Ano: 	2019	
Palavras-chave: 	Environmental factors; Morphometric measurements; PCA; Flat racing.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the effects of morphometric measurements on race performance (m/sec) of Thoroughbred horses. Data of morphometric measurements (withers height, rump height, chest girth, chest width, front chest width, chest depth, neck length, shoulder length, length of withers to rump, rump length, body length, head width, head length, and cannon circumference) were taken from 244 Thoroughbred horses chosen at random. A total of 2888 racing records were considered for race performance. The effects of environmental factors on morphometric measurements (stallion, gender, age, and mother age) and race performance (gender, age, mother age, year, hippodrome, race distance, racetrack, and race type) were analyzed using the least squares method. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for morphometric measurements, and then the factor loadings were rotated by Varimax method. Multiple linear regression analysis was applied for the significance of the obtained factors on race performance. Significant effects for stallion on all morphometric measurements, except head length and width, and for gender on withers height, cannon circumference, and head width were determined. Race performance was significantly influenced by stallion, gender, age, year, hippodrome, race distance, racetrack, and race type. After PCA, four factors with eigenvalues &gt;1 were attained. The effects of factors on race performance were not significant, according to the results of multiple linear regression analysis. Therefore, the effects of the morphometric measurements examined on the race performance were not significant in Thoroughbred horses.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982019000100511	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia	
Relação: 	10.1590/rbz4820180030	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia  v.48 2019	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess