Growth curve establishment for American Bronze turkeys

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Ersoy, I Erbi ^a   Mendeş, Mehmet ^a   Aktan, Sedat ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

American Bronce turkey; Body weight; Growth curve; Non linear regression; Richards' function

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745024600     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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