【 Objective 】 Body size and weight is an important index to measure the growth and development of cattle, which is of great significance to feeding management and seed selection. In order to construct the regression prediction model of body size and weight of Xinjiang brown cattle and cows. 【 Method 】 In this study, a total of 2045 Xinjiang brown cows with good health and obvious breed characteristics were selected. The body measurements and weight indexes of Xinjiang brown cows of different ages and sexes were measured, and the data were analyzed. By comparing the relationship between 13 body measurements and only 4 body measurements with the highest correlation coefficient, the corresponding regression model between body measurements and weight was constructed. 【 Results 】 By comparing the established models, we found that chest circumference and abdominal circumference are the main factors affecting body weight. Especially for bulls and cows aged 0-6 months, the linear regression models established by using 13 body measurements have the highest fitting degrees of 0.918 and 0.942 respectively. The linear regression equation of bulls aged 0-6 months is:Y=-165.185+0.028X1-0.088X2-0.035X3+0.239X4+1.668X5+0.109X6+1.053X7-0.439X8+1.068X9+1.796X10+1.573X11-0.802X12-0.258X13 (R2=0.918),The linear regression equation of 0-6 month-old cows: Y=-182.399+0.97X1-0.359X2+0.579X3-0.097X4-0.683X5+0.025X6-0.364X7+0.502X8+0.329X9+1.374X10+1.786X11-0.083X12+0.097X13(R2=0.942);The linear regression models based on four body measurements have the highest fitting degrees of 0.882 and 0.933, respectively. The linear regression equation of 0-6 month-old bulls is Y=-162.511+0.555X2+1.218X9+0.986X11-0.127X12(R2=0.882), and the linear regression equation of 0-6 month-old cows is Y=-175.941+0.436X2+0.449X9+2.073X11-0.213X12 (R2=0.933). Cattle of different sexes have different growth and development rates at different ages, except for bulls aged 13-18 months, which develop rapidly, change greatly and have obvious dynamics. The fitting effect of regression model between body size and weight is not very good, but it shows good fitting effect in other models of different ages and genders. 【 Conclusion 】 There is a significant correlation between body size and body weight of Xinjiang brown cattle, and a linear regression formula for predicting body weight based on body size is established. The model of cattle aged 0-6 months, 7-12 months and over 30 months shows that the predicted body weight and the measured body weight are not significant through paired sample T-test, which can be used to predict the body weight of cattle. This has a certain production practice for the growth and development detection and weight prediction of Xinjiang brown cattle at different ages and sexes. |