Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits
ABSTRACT Rabbit farming is an activity with high growth potential due to its easy handling, high prolificacy, low polluting impact, and easy adaptability to family farming systems, producing meat of high biological value. Therefore, the aim of this work was to evaluate, using von Bertalanffy's...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2022-08-01
|
| Series: | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352022000400731&tlng=en |
| _version_ | 1811339612056977408 |
|---|---|
| author | F.A. Fernandes M.A.J.G. Silva W.D. Silva T.J. Fernandes J.A. Muniz |
| author_facet | F.A. Fernandes M.A.J.G. Silva W.D. Silva T.J. Fernandes J.A. Muniz |
| author_sort | F.A. Fernandes |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | ABSTRACT Rabbit farming is an activity with high growth potential due to its easy handling, high prolificacy, low polluting impact, and easy adaptability to family farming systems, producing meat of high biological value. Therefore, the aim of this work was to evaluate, using von Bertalanffy's nonlinear model, growth curves of weight as a function of age in ‘Flemish Giant Rabbits’ and ‘New Zealand White’ crossbred rabbits. Two different data collections were used: the longitudinal method and the cross-sectional method. The experiment was carried out at the Federal University of Lavras, located in the municipality of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, where 10 crossbred rabbits were evaluated, and animals were weighed from 0 to 150 days of age. Both methods proved to be adequate to describe the development of rabbits and the cross-sectional method proved to be an adequate alternative to obtention of growth curves, saving time in data collection and showing consistent estimates. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-13T18:29:27Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-49a8d21d2adb4bcf98d682709ef68752 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1678-4162 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-13T18:29:27Z |
| publishDate | 2022-08-01 |
| publisher | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia |
| spelling | doaj.art-49a8d21d2adb4bcf98d682709ef687522022-12-22T02:35:09ZengUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia1678-41622022-08-0174473174010.1590/1678-4162-12534Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbitsF.A. Fernandeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2552-3433M.A.J.G. Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-7283W.D. Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-5498T.J. Fernandeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-9653J.A. Munizhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1069-4136ABSTRACT Rabbit farming is an activity with high growth potential due to its easy handling, high prolificacy, low polluting impact, and easy adaptability to family farming systems, producing meat of high biological value. Therefore, the aim of this work was to evaluate, using von Bertalanffy's nonlinear model, growth curves of weight as a function of age in ‘Flemish Giant Rabbits’ and ‘New Zealand White’ crossbred rabbits. Two different data collections were used: the longitudinal method and the cross-sectional method. The experiment was carried out at the Federal University of Lavras, located in the municipality of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, where 10 crossbred rabbits were evaluated, and animals were weighed from 0 to 150 days of age. Both methods proved to be adequate to describe the development of rabbits and the cross-sectional method proved to be an adequate alternative to obtention of growth curves, saving time in data collection and showing consistent estimates.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352022000400731&tlng=engrowth curvesrabbit farmingregressionmodelingvon Bertalanffy |
| spellingShingle | F.A. Fernandes M.A.J.G. Silva W.D. Silva T.J. Fernandes J.A. Muniz Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia growth curves rabbit farming regression modeling von Bertalanffy |
| title | Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits |
| title_full | Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits |
| title_fullStr | Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits |
| title_short | Cross-sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits |
| title_sort | cross sectional and longitudinal method for describing growth curve of rabbits |
| topic | growth curves rabbit farming regression modeling von Bertalanffy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352022000400731&tlng=en |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT fafernandes crosssectionalandlongitudinalmethodfordescribinggrowthcurveofrabbits AT majgsilva crosssectionalandlongitudinalmethodfordescribinggrowthcurveofrabbits AT wdsilva crosssectionalandlongitudinalmethodfordescribinggrowthcurveofrabbits AT tjfernandes crosssectionalandlongitudinalmethodfordescribinggrowthcurveofrabbits AT jamuniz crosssectionalandlongitudinalmethodfordescribinggrowthcurveofrabbits |