Determination of the best nonlinear function in order to estimate growth in Morkaraman and Awassi lambs

By M. Topal, M. Özdemir, V. Aksakal, N. Yildiz, Ünsal Doğru. 2004

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Estimation of growth curve parameters in Beetal goats (2011, result): “These results were in accordance with Karakus et al. (2008) and Topal et al. (2004) who reported very high values of R2 for Brody’s model (98.9 and 99.1).”
Comparison of non-linear functions to describe the growth in Mengali sheep breed of Balochistan. (2013, methodology): “The Gompertz and Bertalanffy were found the best fitted functions for the Morkaraman and Awassi breed, respectively, by Topal et al. (2004).”
Estimation of growth curve parameters in Konya Merino sheep (Short communication) (2009, methodology): “Growth from birth to 360 days of age in ewe lambs of the Morkaraman and Awassi breeds was estimated using Brody, Gompertz, Logistic and Bertalanffy functions (Topal et al., 2004).”
Modeling the growth curve of Iranian Shall sheep using non-linear growth models (2015, methodology): “The Gompertz and Von Bertalanffy models showedthebestfit inMorkaramanandAwassi lambs (Topal et al., 2004); Gompertz model in Suffolk sheep (Lewis et al.”
Comparison of non-linear growth models to describe the growth curve of Mehraban sheep (2018, unknown): “Topal et al. (2004) reported that the Gompertz and Von Bertalanffy models showed the best fit in Morkaraman and Awassi lambs.”