Comparison of nonlinear and spline regression models for describing mule duck growth curves

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1778-1784

  Vitezica, Z G ^a,b,c   Marie Etancelin, C ^a   Bernadet, M D ^a   Fernandez, X ^a,b,c   Robert Granie, C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Fixed effect; Mule duck growth; Nonlinear growth model; Random effect; Spline regression model

Indexed keywords

ANAS;

EID: 77957974424     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00581     Document Type: Article

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