Prediction of mono and multiphasic growth parameters of broilers


Mendes M.

ARCHIV FUR TIERZUCHT-ARCHIVES OF ANIMAL BREEDING, vol.53, no.1, pp.101-107, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: ARCHIV FUR TIERZUCHT-ARCHIVES OF ANIMAL BREEDING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.101-107
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to predict mono and multiphasic growth model parameters of broilers. For this purpose daily body weights-age data of 106 male and female chickens reared under different stocking densities (GR1=11 birds/m(2), GR2=17 birds/m(2) and GR3=25 birds/m(2)) were used. Results of mono and multiphasic (diphasic and triphasic) growth curve analyses showed that defining the growth of birds using multiphasic growth models instead of monophasic growth models, displays more detailed and reliable results. Based on goodness-of-fit criteria, lead to the choice of a triphasic logistic growth function for GR1 and GR2, and diphasic function for GR3 males and females.