{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204176485","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","title":"Morphometric-Based Body Weight Prediction in Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf Goats Using Regression and Classification and Regression Tree","display_name":"Morphometric-Based Body Weight Prediction in Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf Goats Using Regression and Classification and Regression Tree","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-08-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204176485","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","pdf_url":"https://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/download/8682/4268","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739411730","display_name":"Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology","issn_l":"2148-127X","issn":["2148-127X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["erih-plus","tr-dizin"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318348","host_organization_name":"Turkish Science and Tecnology (TST)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Turkish Science and Tecnology (TST)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/download/8682/4268","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5123795349","display_name":"Olatunji Babatunde","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5727-5430","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5727-5430"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35601441","display_name":"Osun State University","ror":"https://ror.org/00e16h982","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Olatunji Babatunde","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5727-5430","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112671368","display_name":"Bababunmi Alaba Ajayi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-5983","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-5983"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35601441","display_name":"Osun State University","ror":"https://ror.org/00e16h982","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bababunmi Alaba Ajayi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-5983","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5148149638","display_name":"Kafayat Funmi Akinsola","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2073-4576","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2073-4576"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35601441","display_name":"Osun State University","ror":"https://ror.org/00e16h982","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kafayat Funmi Akinsola","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2073-4576","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006009554","display_name":"Adeyinka Oye Akintunde","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-0902","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-0902"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I30887324","display_name":"Babcock University","ror":"https://ror.org/00k0k7y87","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30887324"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adeyinka Oye Akintunde","raw_affiliation_strings":["Animal Science Unit, Department of Agriculture and Industrial Technology Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-0902","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Animal Science Unit, Department of Agriculture and Industrial Technology Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I30887324"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5148169250","display_name":"Fiyinfoluwa Ebenezer Aremu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8331-185X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8331-185X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35601441","display_name":"Osun State University","ror":"https://ror.org/00e16h982","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fiyinfoluwa Ebenezer Aremu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, NigeriaOsun State University, Osun State, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8331-185X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Management, College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Osun State University, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State, NigeriaOsun State University, Osun State, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35601441"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":25,"currency":"USD","value_usd":25},"apc_paid":{"value":25,"currency":"USD","value_usd":25},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"14","issue":"8","first_page":"2226","last_page":"2232"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10594","display_name":"Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock","score":0.8988999724388123,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10594","display_name":"Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock","score":0.8988999724388123,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14499","display_name":"Livestock Farming and Management","score":0.08030000329017639,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1103","display_name":"Animal Science and Zoology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10584","display_name":"Reproductive Physiology in Livestock","score":0.006099999882280827,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1103","display_name":"Animal Science and Zoology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/body-mass-estimation","display_name":"body mass estimation","score":0.8489999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/morphometric-traits","display_name":"morphometric parameters","score":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/red-sokoto-goats","display_name":"Red Sokoto goats","score":0.9150000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/west-african-dwarf-goats","display_name":"West African Dwarf goats","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heart-girth","display_name":"heart girth","score":0.9390000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chest-depth","display_name":"chest depth","score":0.9850000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/body-depth","display_name":"body depth","score":0.984000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sexual-dimorphism","display_name":"sexual dimorphism","score":0.6830000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/breed-differences","display_name":"breed differences","score":0.6769999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/classification-and-regression-trees","display_name":"classification and regression trees","score":0.8510000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-linear-regression","display_name":"multiple linear regression","score":0.6949999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/livestock-selection","display_name":"livestock selection","score":0.3440000116825104}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147583825","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620876","display_name":"Body weight","level":2,"score":0.6406000256538391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777275308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234668","display_name":"Cart","level":2,"score":0.6406000256538391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.6026999950408936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.5999000072479248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83546350","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139051","display_name":"Regression","level":2,"score":0.5934000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48921125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10861030","display_name":"Linear regression","level":2,"score":0.5931000113487244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170964787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611170","display_name":"Stepwise regression","level":2,"score":0.590499997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781197403","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193472","display_name":"Trunk","level":2,"score":0.49160000681877136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105083479","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181497","display_name":"Sexual dimorphism","level":2,"score":0.450300008058548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.39089998602867126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.38920000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153026981","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519888","display_name":"Allometry","level":2,"score":0.3549000024795532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C140793950","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168091","display_name":"Animal science","level":1,"score":0.35120001435279846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019719930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3910099","display_name":"Predictive value","level":2,"score":0.34619998931884766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018708532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713102","display_name":"Lower body","level":2,"score":0.3118000030517578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61427482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6656244","display_name":"Anthropometry","level":2,"score":0.3086000084877014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113174947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2859736","display_name":"Tree (set theory)","level":2,"score":0.27230000495910645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017783442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q476112","display_name":"Body height","level":3,"score":0.2662999927997589},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45804977","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239673","display_name":"Predictive modelling","level":2,"score":0.26409998536109924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776502983","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690182","display_name":"Contrast (vision)","level":2,"score":0.26030001044273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780221984","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131191","display_name":"Body mass index","level":2,"score":0.2599000036716461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.2596000134944916}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","pdf_url":"https://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/download/8682/4268","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739411730","display_name":"Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology","issn_l":"2148-127X","issn":["2148-127X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["erih-plus","tr-dizin"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318348","host_organization_name":"Turkish Science and Tecnology (TST)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Turkish Science and Tecnology (TST)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i8.2226-2232.8682","pdf_url":"https://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/download/8682/4268","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739411730","display_name":"Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology","issn_l":"2148-127X","issn":["2148-127X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["erih-plus","tr-dizin"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318348","host_organization_name":"Turkish Science and Tecnology (TST)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Turkish Science and Tecnology (TST)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Zero hunger","score":0.8409000039100647,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204176485.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204176485.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":12,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2278061716","https://openalex.org/W2767370932","https://openalex.org/W2887435421","https://openalex.org/W3134509679","https://openalex.org/W4321597830","https://openalex.org/W4366312515","https://openalex.org/W4380683313","https://openalex.org/W4403108630","https://openalex.org/W4409324998","https://openalex.org/W4410506393","https://openalex.org/W4414761745","https://openalex.org/W4415190273"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4380683313","https://openalex.org/W7217571682","https://openalex.org/W7217874380","https://openalex.org/W2508150269","https://openalex.org/W3157693888","https://openalex.org/W4211095248","https://openalex.org/W4407306321","https://openalex.org/W4388501359","https://openalex.org/W2606143429","https://openalex.org/W7130648770"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Linear":[0],"body":[1,5,74,105,123,151,173],"measurements":[2],"and":[3,21,24,31,42,51,58,66,68,80,86,97,103,109,114,122,166,171,195,200,215,221],"live":[4,134],"weight":[6,75,79,106,152],"were":[7,84,88],"obtained":[8],"from":[9,35],"633":[10],"adult":[11],"goats":[12,223],"comprising":[13],"394":[14],"West":[15],"African":[16],"Dwarf":[17],"(WAD;":[18],"282":[19],"females":[20,30],"112":[22],"males)":[23,33],"239":[25],"Red":[26],"Sokoto":[27],"(RS;":[28],"68":[29],"171":[32],"sampled":[34],"selected":[36,140],"goat":[37],"markets":[38],"in":[39,132,150,189,204,219],"Osun,":[40],"Ondo":[41],"Oyo":[43],"States,":[44],"South-West":[45],"Nigeria.":[46],"This":[47],"study":[48,206],"compared":[49,59],"sex-":[50],"breed-specific":[52,172],"correlation":[53],"patterns":[54],"among":[55],"morphometric":[56,82,141],"traits":[57,62,83,142,162],"the":[60,126,147,157,178,184],"predictive":[61],"usings":[63],"multiple":[64,95],"regression":[65,69,179,198],"classification":[67],"tree":[70],"(CART)":[71],"models":[72,137,202],"for":[73,144,211],"(BW)":[76],"estimation.":[77],"Body":[78],"twenty-three":[81],"measured,":[85],"data":[87],"analysed":[89],"using":[90],"Pearson\u2019s":[91],"correlation,":[92],"backward":[93],"stepwise":[94],"regression,":[96],"CART":[98,201],"algorithms.":[99],"Across":[100],"both":[101,190],"breeds":[102],"sexes,":[104],"showed":[107],"strong":[108],"consistent":[110],"associations":[111],"with":[112],"trunk":[113],"chest":[115,120],"dimensions,":[116],"particularly":[117],"heart":[118],"girth,":[119],"depth,":[121,124],"highlighting":[125],"central":[127],"role":[128],"of":[129,146,160,187],"thoracic":[130],"development":[131],"determining":[133],"weight.":[135],"Predictive":[136],"based":[138],"on":[139],"accounted":[143],"most":[145],"observed":[148],"variation":[149],"(P":[153],"<":[154],"0.001),":[155],"although":[156],"relative":[158],"contribution":[159],"individual":[161],"differed":[163],"between":[164],"sexes":[165],"breeds,":[167,191],"reflecting":[168],"sexual":[169],"dimorphism":[170],"conformation.":[174],"Tree-based":[175],"analysis":[176],"confirmed":[177],"findings,":[180],"identifying":[181],"HG":[182],"as":[183],"primary":[185],"discriminator":[186],"BW":[188,213],"followed":[192],"by":[193],"CD":[194],"BD.":[196],"The":[197],"equations":[199],"generated":[203],"this":[205],"provide":[207],"reliable,":[208],"field-applicable":[209],"tools":[210],"objective":[212],"estimation":[214],"informed":[216],"selection":[217],"decisions":[218],"WAD":[220],"RS":[222],"where":[224],"weighing":[225],"scales":[226],"are":[227],"unavailable.":[228]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-08-26T00:00:00"}