Comparison of three nonlinear and spline regression models for describing chicken growth curves

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1782-1788

  Aggrey, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Gompertz; Logistic; Richards; Spline regression

Indexed keywords

AVES;

DROPEMPINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PEMPIDINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEMPIDINE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036981278     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.12.1782     Document Type: Article

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