Improving a nonlinear Gompertz growth model using bird-specific random coefficients in two heritage chicken lines

Growth models describe body weight (BW) changes over time, allowing information from longitudinal measurements to be combined into a few parameters with biological interpretation. Nonlinear mixed models (NLMM) allow for the inclusion of random factors. Random factors can account for a relatively lar...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Afrouziyeh, René P. Kwakkel, Martin J. Zuidhof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121000936