Growth curve of female collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) raised in captivity in the Brazilian Amazon Region

This work aims to determine the most suitable nonlinear model to describe the growth of female collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu). The monthly records of the weight of 10 captive female collared peccaries over a period of two years in the Brazilian Amazon Region were used. The growth models used wer...

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Main Authors: A.D.V. Garnero, C.R. Marcondes, N.I. Albuquerque, R.O. Araújo, Y. Pendu, D.A. Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2013-08-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352013000400004&lng=en&tlng=en