Articles | Volume 68, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-68-721-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-68-721-2025
Original study
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09 Dec 2025
Original study |  | 09 Dec 2025

Comparison of non-linear models for growth characterization of purebred Ayrshire and crossbred cattle

Mykhailo Matvieiev, Ayhan Ceyhan, Özge Kozaklı, Andriy Getya, Oleksandr O. Borshch, and Sergiy Ruban

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Animal husbandry plays an important role in Ukraine. The use of different mathematical models for the characterization of cattle growth can increase the efficiency of breeding. In the present study, four different non-linear models (negative exponential, logistic, Richard, and Gompertz) were compared. The Richard model provides a robust framework for describing and predicting cattle growth.
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