Mixed Models in Nonlinear Regression for Description of the Growth of Nelore Cattle

Body weight records were used to characterize the growth curve of Nelore cattle. Body weight was regressed as a function of age, for both sexes, by using nonlinear models through the functions of Brody, Gompertz, Logistic, Richards, Meloun 1, Von Bertalanffy, and Von Bertalanffy. The quality of the...

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Main Authors: Raimundo Nonato Colares Camargo Júnior, Cláudio Vieira de Araújo, Welligton Conceição da Silva, Simone Inoe de Araújo, Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo, Lílian Roberta Matimoto Nakabashi, Letícia Mendes de Castro, Flávio Luiz Menezes, André Guimarães Maciel e Silva, Lílian Kátia Ximenes Silva, Jamile Andréa Rodrigues da Silva, Antônio Vinicius Correa Barbosa, José Ribamar Felipe Marques, José de Brito Lourenço Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/1/101