Service ability test - Ekiyou no uryoku kentei

Japanese: 役用能力検定 - えきようのうりょくけんてい
Service ability test - Ekiyou no uryoku kentei

...The test is conducted on the amount and quality of hair. The amount of hair is measured by the amount of dirty hair, the amount of pure hair, and the washing yield, while the quality of hair is measured by the fineness (thickness), length, and strength/stretchability.
[Service Ability Test]
For draft animals, tests are conducted in which the animal is made to pull a cart of a specified weight over a specified distance and their gait, level of fatigue, and time taken to pull the cart are measured. For racehorses, which emphasize speed, tests are conducted in which changes in respiratory rate, body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, blood properties, etc. before and after running a certain distance, and the recovery rate of these parameters is observed.
[Baby Test]
Fertility is a key productivity factor in all livestock species.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "Service Ability Test" is explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…検定は毛量と毛質について行われ,毛量としては汚毛量,純毛量,洗浄歩留りなどが,毛質としては繊度(太さ),毛長,強伸度などが取り上げられる。
[役用能力検定]
 役畜については,所定の重量の荷車を所定の距離ひかせて歩様,疲労度,所要時間などをはかる輓曳(ばんえい)能力検定や,スピードを重視する競走馬につき,一定の距離を走らせた前後における呼吸数,体温,心拍数,血圧,血液性状などの値の変化と,これらの回復率を見る検定法が実施されている。
[産子検定]
 繁殖力はすべての家畜種において生産性にかかわる重要な能力である。…

※「役用能力検定」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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