Contrastive or interconvertible relationships between forage and ruminant growth analysis equations - A simple description using a symmetry-like characteristic -

Masataka Shimojo, Takashi Bungo, Yoshimi Imura, Manabu Tobisa, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Yasuhisa Masuda, Yasukatsu Yano, Yutaka Nakano, Tao Shao, Muhammad Yunus, Ichiro Goto

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Abstract

The present study suggested (1) a symmetry-like characteristic hidden in the hypothetic equation unifying the forage and ruminant growth analysis equations, and (2) the breakdown of symmetry-like characteristic and corresponding resultants. The monistic breakdown of symmetry-like characteristic, which was shown by inserting either forage factors or ruminant factors into parameters, gave the contrastive relationship where the autotrophic characteristic of forage RGR [relative growth rate] and the heterotrophic characteristic of ruminant RGR were derived as special cases. The dualistic breakdown of symmetry-like characteristic, which was shown by inserting both forage factors and ruminant factors into parameters, gave the interconvertible relationship between forage RGR and ruminant RGR.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-285
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Volume44
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

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