Regression models of animal growth

Helena Nešetřilová

Czech University of Agriculture

Classical growth models are nonlinear regression models with three or four parameters. Due to nonlinearity, statistical properties of such models can be studied only in relation to concrete data sets. Some of these properties will be discussed for data on growing bulls. In some cases, complex nature of growth can be more adequately modelled by superposition of two (or more) growth cycles.



2005-05-23