Estimation of growth in intact grazing Holstein steers

ABSTRACT: animal growth does not follow a linear pattern. Accordingly, fitted non-linear models are used to analyze the relationship between growth rate and age. Objective: to assess the ability of several mathematical models (Gompertz, Brody, and von Bertalanffy) to describe growth and development...

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Autores:

Posada Ochoa, Sandra Lucía
Rosero Noguera, Jaime Ricardo
Hoyos Velásquez, Álvaro Hernán
Cerón Alzate, Juan Manuel
Velásquez Vélez, Raúl

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2013

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/10212

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/10212

Palabra clave:

Brody
Dairy steers
Mathematical models
Von Bertalanffy
Gompertz

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openAccess

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