A comparison of methods of fitting several models to nutritional response data

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 500-507

  Vedenov, D ^a,b   Pestit, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Nutritional requirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949188219     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0536     Document Type: Article

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