Modeling of average growth curve in Santa Ines sheep using random regression models Modelagem da curva média de crescimento de ovinos Santa Inês em modelos de regressão aleatória

Polynomial functions of age of different orders were evaluated in the modeling of the average growth trajectory in Santa Ines sheep in random regression models. Initially, the analyses were performed not considering the animal effect. Subsequently, the random regression analyses were performed inclu...

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Main Authors: José Lindenberg Rocha Sarmento, Robledo de Almeida Torres, Wandrick Hauss de Sousa, Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque, Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo, José Ernandes Rufino de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000200012