Use of covariance functions to describe the growth curve of Nelore Cattle, in Pernambuco State, Northeastern Brazil;Uso de funções de covariância na descrição do crescimento de bovinos Nelore Criados no Estado de Pernambuco

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 34, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 2290-2297

  Santoro, Kleber Régis ^a   Barbosa, Severine Benone Paes ^b   De Souza Santos, Eufrázio ^b   De Albuquerque Brasil, Lúcia Helena ^b  

^a UAG/UFRPE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criteria; Legendre polinomial; Likelihood ratio test; Random regression

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33645016775     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 15163598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982005000700015     Document Type: Article

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