The daily energy requirements for wethers at various weights
Usage
data(sheep)
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 64 observations on the following 2 variables.
Weight
the weight of each sheep in kg;
a numeric vector
Energy
the daily energy requirements in Mcal per day;
a numeric vector
Details
The data measure the daily energy requirement of
castrated male (wethers) grazing Merino sheep at various weights
(measured by radioassay of urinary carbon dioxide).
The energy requirements are useful for predicting meat production.
References
B. A. Young and J. L. Corbett (1972)
Maintenance energy requirement of grazing sheep in relation
to herbage availability.
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research,
23(1),
57--76.