Modeling growth characteristics of meat-type guinea fowl

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 943-946

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

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gompertz and logistic models; Growth pattern; Guinea fowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33745075323     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.5.943     Document Type: Article

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