Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the variables used in the meta-analysis to develop prediction equations of Dry Matter Intake (DMI) and Neutral Detergent Fiber Intake (NDFI) of hair sheep raised in the tropics.
Fig 1.
Literature retrieval flow chart.
Fig 2.
Relationship between Dry Matter Intake (DMI, g/day), Average Daily Gain (ADG, g/day) and Body Weight (BW, kg) in hair sheep raised in tropical regions.
Fig 3.
Relationship between dry matter intake (DMI, g/kg BW) and D-value (g/kg DM; A) or B-value (g/kg DM; B) in hair sheep raised in tropical regions.
Table 2.
Prediction of Dry Matter Intake (DMI) of hair sheep raised in tropical regions, and comparison with data from the literature.
Fig 4.
Relationship between dry matter intake (DMI, g/day) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF, g/kg DM) content on diet of hair sheep raised in tropical regions.
Fig 5.
Relationship between neutral detergent fiber intake (NDFI, g/day) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF, g/kg DM) content on diet of hair sheep raised in tropical regions.
Fig 6.
Relationship between neutral detergent fiber intake (NDFI, g/kg BW) and body weight (BW, kg) of hair sheep raised in tropical regions.
Table 3.
Statistics of adequacy evaluation of the tested models.