Table 7.
Estimation of body weights at 8, 10 and 12 weeks in new synthetic Korean native commercial chickens using several growth curve equations

Strain	Equation	Female			Male
		8 weeks	10 weeks	12 weeks	8 weeks	10 weeks	12 weeks
FHFY	Reg.1	1,442	1,822	2,203	1,791	2,279	2,767
	Reg.2	1,397	1,822	2,276	1,702	2,279	2,915
	GOMP	1,523	1,968	2,338	1,836	2,446	2,994
	VONB	1,582	2,039	2,448	1,943	2,578	3,182
	LOGI	1,479	1,938	2,251	1,772	2,403	2,878
	OBS	1,404	1,835	2,258	1,686	2,319	2,886
FHHY	Reg.1	1,448	1,835	2,221	1,686	2,319	2,886
	Reg.2	1,386	1,835	2,324	1,679	2,264	2,914
	GOMP	1,501	1,963	2,369	1,844	2,478	3,057
	VONB	1,614	2,108	2,569	2,099	2,814	3,508
	LOGI	1,449	1,924	2,274	1,742	2,385	2,887
	OBS	1,381	1,838	2,317	1,672	2,292	2,891
HFFY	Reg.1	1,427	1,809	2,191	1,752	2,234	2,715
	Reg.2	1,369	1,809	2,287	1,647	2,234	2,890
	GOMP	1,511	1,977	2,377	1,839	2,488	3,085
	VONB	1,599	2,090	2,541	2,132	2,879	3,608
	LOGI	1,461	1,940	2,280	1,717	2,373	2,886
	OBS	1,362	1,846	2,260	1,613	2,288	2,861
HFHY	Reg.1	1,404	1,772	2,141	1,761	2,242	2,722
	Reg.2	1,361	1,772	2,212	1,666	2,242	2,880
	GOMP	1,484	1,914	2,276	1,823	2,450	3,021
	VONB	1,553	2,003	2,408	2,050	2,748	3,424
	LOGI	1,440	1,881	2,187	1,732	2,373	2,873
	OBS	1,336	1,829	2,179	1,629	2,297	2,850

Reg.1, linear regression equation; Reg.2, quadratic regression equation; GOMP, Gompertz function; VONB, Von Bertalantffy function; LOGI, logistic function; OBS, observed.