Table 1.
Distribution of the numbers of scrotal circumference (SC) measurements by farm and age.
Table 2.
Nonlinear models evaluated in this study to describe scrotal circumference (SC) growth in Nellore bulls.
Table 3.
Inflection points and age at inflection points.
Table 4.
Distribution of the number of bulls and SC measurements according to classification in the first breeding soundness examination.
Fig 1.
Observed scrotal circumference of Nellore bulls from 497 to 4340 days of age.
Table 5.
Parameter estimates (±SE) for nonlinear models used to describe scrotal circumference growth in Nellore bulls.
Fig 2.
Scrotal circumference growth curve estimated by Michaelis-Menten model in Nellore bulls.
Table 6.
Goodness of fit for nonlinear models used to describe scrotal circumference growth in Nellore bulls.
Fig 3.
Scrotal circumference (SC) growth curves estimated by Michaelis-Menten model in Nellore bulls classified according SC size at first breeding soundness examination.
Table 7.
Parameter estimates (±SE) by Michaelis-Menten model used to describe scrotal circumference growth in Nellore bulls classified according SC size at age of 18–21 months.
Table 8.
LS-means (±SE) of the parameters estimated by Michaelis-Menten model for each classification.
Table 9.
Interaction between farm and classification for (mean ± SE).