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Random regressions to model growth in Sandyno sheep, a synthetic breed developed for the Nilgiri hills of South India.
Tropical animal health and production - 14 Mar 2026
Venkataramanan R, Arthy V, Mohamedrilwan S, Prema N
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Random regression models (RRM) have been recognised as suitable for analysis of longitudinal data like growth. Growth in Sandyno sheep, a dual purpose (meat and wool) synthetic breed evolved from Nilagiri breed of South India by crossing with Merino and Rambouillet sheep was modeled using RRM to estimate genetic parameters and results obtained were compared with values already estimated using conventional...
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