Random regression analyses using B-spline functions to model growth of Nellore cattle

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-220

  Boligon, A A ^a   Mercadante, M E Z ^b   Lobo R B ^c   Baldi, F ^a   Albuquerque, L G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

covariance functions; growth curve; Nellore cattle; segmented polynomials

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84855444096     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001534     Document Type: Article

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