A Bayesian model for the analysis of lactation curves of dairy goats

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Groenewald, Piet C N ^a   Viljoen, Carin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Covariate; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Wood model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GOAT; LACTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 5444268552     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711031201     Document Type: Article

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