a segmented regression model for the description of microbial growth has been suggested. the model is able to predict the exponential growth, logistic growth, logistic growth with a phase of decline, diauxic growth, microbial growth in synchronous cultures and the oscillatory growth

the logistic, gompertz, richards and asymmetric logistic growth curve models were fitted to body weight data of local ghanaian chickens and french sasso t44 chickens. all four growth models provided good fit for each sex by genotype growth data with r2 values ranging from 86.7% to 96.7%. the rate constant parameter, k, ranged between 0.137 and 0.271 and were significantly different from zero fo...