
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nagorcka, BN 
T1  - The description and analysis of wool growth
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1977
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
SP  - 737
EP  - 746
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9770737 
N2  - Analyses of experimental estimates of the wool growth rate as a function of intake have previously been based on time-independent equations and linear regression with ordinary least squares. Some of these results are reanalysed with the assumption that the sheep is a dynamic system; hence a time-dependent description of wool growth is proposed. A recursive least squares technique has been used, and the results demonstrate that there is a 3&frac12; week lag between intake and wool growth. Time-independent descriptions have not taken account of this and have led to the misconception that efficiency is a function of body weight change. 
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