Objective The aim of the study is to describe and estimate the trajectory and parameters of body weight growth of native Muscovy.Method One hundred and sixteen Muscovy ducks were fed and observed for 21 weeks,five body weight growth functions including Gompertz,Logistic,Von Bertalanffy,Richards,and Brody were estimated,nonlinear mixed effect models were fitted to data of body weight in Muscovy,and the 8 growth parameters including mature weight,Point ofinflection(POI),POI weight,birth weight,absolute growth rate,relative growth rate,absolute ...