Fit of different linear models to the lactation curve of Italian water buffalo

Mathematical modelling of lactation curve by suitable functions of time, widely used in the dairy cattle industry, can represent also for buffaloes a fundamental tool for management and breeding decision, where average curves are considered, and for genetic evaluation by random regression models, wh...

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Main Authors: N.P.P. Macciotta, N. Bacciu, G. Catillo, C. Dimauro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/639