Articles | Volume 53, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-53-101-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-53-101-2010
10 Oct 2010
 | 10 Oct 2010

Prediction of mono and multiphasic growth parameters of broilers (Short Communication)

M. Mendeş

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/m2 , GR2=17 birds/m2 and GR3=25 birds/m2) 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.