Characterization of commercial and biological growth curves in the Segureña sheep breed

Non-linear models were analysed to describe both the biological and commercial growth curves of the Segureña sheep, one of the most important Spanish breeds. We evaluated Brody, von Bertalanffy, Verhulst, logistic and Gompertz models, using historical data from the National Association of Segureña S...

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Main Authors: T.M. Lupi, S. Nogales, J.M. León, C. Barba, J.V. Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115000567