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| Tedeschi,Luís Orlindo; Fox,Danny Gene; Sainz,Roberto Daniel; Barioni,Luís Gustavo; Medeiros,Sérgio Raposo de; Boin,Celso. |
| Mathematical models can be used to improve performance, reduce cost of production, and reduce nutrient excretion by accounting for more of the variation in predicting requirements and feed utilization in each unique production situation. Mathematical models can be classified into five or more categories based on their nature and behavior. Determining the appropriate level of aggregation of equations is a major problem in formulating models. The most critical step is to describe the purpose of the model and then to determine the appropriate mix of empirical and mechanistic representations of physiological functions, given development and evaluation dataset availability, inputs typically available and the benefits versus the risks of use associated with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Feeding; Nutrient; Requirement; Supply. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162005000100015 |
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| Biase,Adriele Giaretta; Dias,Carlos Tadeu dos Santos; Barioni,Luís Gustavo; Albertini,Tiago Zanett; Martorano,Lucieta Guerreiro; Oltjen,James W.; Lanna,Dante Pazzanese Duarte; Oliveira,Patrícia Perondi Anchão; Medeiros,Sérgio Raposo de; Torres Júnior,Roberto Augusto de Almeida. |
| ABSTRACT: The system of differential equations proposed by Oltjen et al. [1986, named Davis Growth Model (DGM)] to represent cattle growth has been parameterized with data from Bos taurus (British) and Bos indicus (Nellore) breeds. The DGM has been successfully used for simulation and decision support in the United States. However, the effect of about 30 years of genetic improvement and the use of different breeds may affect the model parameter values, which also may need to be re-estimated for crossbred animals. The aim of this study was to estimate parameter values and confidence intervals for the DGM with growth and body composition data from Zebu crossbred animals. Confidence intervals and asymptotic distribution were generated through nonparametric... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Asymptotic distribution; Calibrating; Cattle growth; Nonparametric bootstrap; Ordinary differential equations. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162017000100008 |
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