“…Usually, these models consist of nonlinear functions and several studies including different mathematical models can be found in the literature. These models are usually applied for the evaluation of the growth kinetics of a wide range of animals, including birds (Aggrey, 2002;Sezer & Tarhan, 2005;Nahashon, Aggrey, Adefope, Amenyenu, & Wright, 2006), mammals (Curi, Nunes, & Curi, 1985;Silva, Alencar, Freitas, Packer, & Mourão, 2011;Franco et al, 2011), fishes (Hernandez-Llamas & Ratkowsky, 2004;Santos, Mareco, & Silva, 2013), reptiles (Bardsley, Ackerman, Bukhari, Deeming, & Ferguson, 1995) and amphibians (Rodrigues et al, 2007;Mansano, Stéfani, Pereira, & Macente, 2013). Some mathematical functions commonly used in these studies include the Gompertz, Logistic, Brody, von Bertalanffy and Richards growth models (France et al, 1996).…”