The Gompertz model is well known and widely used in many aspects of biology. It has been
frequently used to describe the growth of animals and plants, as well as the number or …

Growth is a key characteristic of animals and can be defined as any change in body size per
time unit, and is influenced by genotype and environment. Mathematical functions called …

Frequentist and Bayesian approaches to scientific inference in animal breeding are
discussed. Routine methods in animal breeding (selection index, BLUP, ML, REML) are …

Genetics is key to the improvement of welfare in broiler chickens at both juvenile and adult
(breeder) stages but progress is hampered currently by the seemingly conflicting demands …

The present work aimed to model the growth curves of male and female turkeys with respect
to their live weight-age relationships and to determine a non-linear model explaining their …

Feed restriction in broilers is aimed at preventing metabolic disorders, increasing feed
efficiency, or manipulating carcass conformation. The purpose of the current study was to …

The current study was undertaken to examine the effect of long-term selection for 4-wk BW
on growth characteristics in divergent lines of Japanese quail and their control. Growth rate …

The goal of selection studies in broilers is to obtain genetically superior chicks in terms of
major economic traits, which are mainly growth rate, meat yield, and feed conversion ratio …

Understanding of animal growth is important for the improvement of management and
feeding practices; however, little is known about the growth curve in Vietnamese indigenous …

Growth, known as the relation between liveweight and age, is explained mathematically by
functions that have parameters with biological meaning. These parameters are used to …