Growth characteristics of pearl gray guinea fowl as predicted by the Richards, Gompertz, and logistic models

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-363

  Nahashon, S N ^a   Aggrey, S E ^b   Adefope, N A ^a   Amenyenu, A ^a   Wright, D ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gompertz; Growth pattern; Guinea fowl; Logistic; Richards

Indexed keywords

ANAS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POULTRY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645730860     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.2.359     Document Type: Article

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