Research Article
Body Weight and Scrotal-Testicular Biometry in Three Indigenous Breeds of Bucks in Arid and Semiarid Agroecologies, Ethiopia
Table 6
Multivariable regression analysis of testicular and epididymal parameters of Woyito-Guji bucks in Ethiopia.
| Parameter | Predictors | | S. error | Beta | | Sig. | | | Adjusted |
| TW | Constant | 22.97 | 2.05 | | 11.24 | | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.78 | SC | 0.92 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 8.14 | | BW | 1.01 | 0.13 | 0.47 | 8.09 | | BCS | 1.08 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 3.74 | |
| TL | Constant | −2.21 | 0.19 | | −11.4 | | 0.95 | 0.91 | 0.91 | SC | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 1.96 | ns | BW | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.90 | 23.9 | | BCS | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.49 | ns |
| TD | Constant | 0.64 | 0.12 | | 5.34 | | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.87 | SC | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 5.43 | | BW | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.72 | 16.4 | | BCS | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 3.57 | |
| EW | Constant | −4.20 | 0.39 | | −10.6 | | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.89 | SC | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 2.08 | | BW | 0.49 | 0.02 | 0.86 | 20.4 | | BCS | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 2.18 | |
| TV | Constant | 24.95 | 4.80 | | 5.19 | | 0.69 | 0.47 | 0.46 | SC | 2.29 | 0.27 | 0.74 | 8.61 | | BW | −0.48 | 0.29 | −0.15 | −1.64 | ns | BCS | 1.83 | 0.68 | 0.19 | 2.72 | |
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BSC: body condition score, SC: scrotal circumference, TV: testicular volume, TL: testicular length, TW: testicular weight, BW: body weight, EW: epididymal weight, and TD: testicular diameter. , , , and ns: not significant.
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