01973naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400570006010000220011724501090013926000090024852012290025765300220148665300120150865300200152070000210154070000190156170000230158070000180160370000200162170000210164177300690166219246952023-02-16       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-847820120003000222DOI1 aARAÚJO, R. O. de  aClassical nonlinear models to describe the growth curve for Murrah buffalo breed.h[electronic resource]  c2012  aWith the objective of to adjust nonlinear models for the growth curves for a buffaloes herd raised in floodable lands in Rio Grande do Sul state, monthly records  measured from birth to two years-old of 64 males and 63 females born between 1982 and 1989 were used. The models used were: Von Bertalanffy, Brody, Gompertz and Logistic. The parameters were estimated by NLIN procedure and the criteria used to evaluate the adjustment given by the models were: asymptotic standard deviation; coefficient of determination; average absolute deviation of residues and asymptotic index. Von Bertalanffy and Brody models overestimated the male asymptotic weight (A) in 15.9 and 171.3kg, respectively, and the Gompertz and Logistic models underestimated it in 4.5 and 13.4kg, respectively. For females, the Logistic model underestimated the asymptotic weight (-2.09kg), and Gompertz, Von Bertalanffy and Brody overestimated this parameter in 8.04, 17.7, and 280.33kg, respectively. The biggest average deviation was estimated by Brody model for both sexes, characterizing the biggest index. Considering the criteria, it is recommended the Gompertz and Logistic models for adjust females and males Murrah buffaloes breed growth curves.  aAsymptotic weight  aBuffalo  aMaturation rate1 aMARCONDES, C. R.1 aDAME, M. C. F.1 aGARNERO, A. del V.1 aGUNSKI, R. J.1 aEVERLING, D. M.1 aRORATO, P. R. N.  tCiência Rural, Santa Mariagv. 42, n. 3, p. 520-525, mar. 2012.