Recursive prediction of broiler growth response to feed intake by using a time-variant parameter estimation method

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-49

  Aerts, J M ^a   Lippens, M ^b   De Groote, G ^b   Buyse, J ^a   Decuypere, E ^a   Vranken, E ^a   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Growth; Modeling; Prediction; Recursive parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATHEMATICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EATING; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037269682     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.1.40     Document Type: Article

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