Papers by Getachew Alebachew
Model experiment for practical application of inseminated sperm method for production of interspecific hybrids (Clarias gariepinus × Heterobranchus longifilis)
Aquaculture Reports
The effects of different hormone administration methods on propagation successes in African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
Aquaculture Reports
PLOS ONE
Growth curve analysis can help to optimize the management, determine nutritional requirements, pr... more Growth curve analysis can help to optimize the management, determine nutritional requirements, predict the weight of animals at a specific age, and to select highly productive animals. Therefore, this study aimed to find the best-fitted nonlinear functions to provide a specific shape of the growth curve from birth to yearling age in different generations of Boer x Central Highland goats. Gompertz, Logistic, Brody, Von Bertalanffy, Monomolecular, Negative exponential, and Richards models were evaluated to quantify their ability to describe the biological growth curve. Root mean square error (RMSE), Bayesian information criterion (BIC), adjusted coefficient of determination (AdjR2), and Akaike’s information criterion (AIC) were used to evaluate the goodness of fit and flexibility of the models. Data were analyzed using the nonlinear regression procedure of SAS. High AdjR2 and lower AIC, BIC, and RMSE values are indicators of best-fitted model. The best-fitting model for the first fili...
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Papers by Getachew Alebachew