Modelling for growth pattern in crossbred cattle

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1174-1179

  Kolluru, Ramesh ^a   Rana, P S ^a   Paul, Amrit Kumar ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle; Growth pattern; Heteroscedastic variance structures; Sigmoid models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0348225079     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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