Muhammad Aman Ullah
Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
Muhammad Amin
Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
Muhammad Ansar Abbas
Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
The study of living organism growth is the hot issue now a days in biological sciences. In this research, we explore the descriptive analysis of Lamb and Sheep weight growth in Pakistan. Also the non-linear regression models are identified on the basis of model selection criterias for lamb and sheep weight growth prediction. From the analysis, we have found that for commercial sheep, spring born lambs and twin born lambs, the best model is the Von Bertalanffy model. While for predicting the weight of male commercial sheep, autumn born and single born lambs, the best model is the Brody model.
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Muhammad Aman Ullah, Muhammad Amin and Muhammad Ansar Abbas, 2013. Non-Linear Regression Models to Predict the Lamb and Sheep Weight Growth. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 12: 865-869.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.865.869
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2013.865.869
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.865.869
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2013.865.869
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