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A Theory of Feeding and Growth of Animals pp 109–157Cite as

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After examination of past efforts to develop growth equations for accurate description of live weight versus age data, a combination of three continuous functions, namely cumulative ad libitum food consumed versus age, live weight versus cumulative food consumed, and live weight versus age, was suggested in Chaps. 1–3 as an alternative description of the ad libitum feeding and growth of animals.

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  1. Department of Animal Husbandry, The University fo Sydney, 2006, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

    John Rabon Parks MSc

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Parks, J.R. (1982). The Theory. In: A Theory of Feeding and Growth of Animals. Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68330-5_7

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