Covariance function of Legendre polynomials for the modeling of Polled Nellore cattle growth in northern Brazil release_ljyn5avv7zhvla6n47ijszcd4y

by Diego Helcias Cavalcante, Severino Cavalcante Sousa Júnior, Luciano Pinheiro da Silva, Malhado, CHM, Raimundo Martins, José Elivalto Guimarães Campêlo, Karina Rodrigues Santos

Published in Semina: Ciências Agrárias by Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

2019   Volume 40, p781

Abstract

This study aimed to compare random regression models fitted by Legendre orthogonal polynomials and determine which best fits changes in Nellore cattle growth parameters. Age polynomial functions of different orders were evaluated using a random-effect modeling associated with a genetic study of cattle growth curves. For this purpose, weight records (15,148) were performed in Polled Nellore bovines (3,115), aged between 1 and 660 days, reared in northern Brazil and born between 1995 and 2010. The fixed effects of analytical models comprised age-matched groups, heifer calving age (linear and quadratic), and fourth-order Legendre age polynomial (cubic), depicting the mean growth curve. Besides, different order functions were considered for random effects, so that (co) variance associated with genetic effects (direct and maternal) and permanent environmental effects (animal and maternal) could be modeled. Residual variance was fitted by six heterogeneous classes throughout the analyzed period. According to AIC and BIC criteria, the model 6333 allowed the fitting of changes in variance and covariance over time (genetic and environmental). Thus, this model can be used to describe age-related changes in Polled Nellore cattle reared in northern Brazil.
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