An evaluation of different growth functions for describing the profile of live weight with time (age) in meat and egg strains of chicken

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1536-1543

  Darmani Kuhi, H ^a   Kebreab, E ^b   Lopez, S ^c   France, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Growth functions; Live weight; Meat and egg strains of chickens

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEAT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEAT; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0642281139     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.10.1536     Document Type: Article

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