Relationships among visual scores with feedlot performance and feed efficiency in Bos indicus cattle.
Relationships among visual scores with feedlot performance and feed efficiency in Bos indicus cattle.
Author(s): CANCIAN, P. H.; SILVA, S. L.; LANNI, A. C.; MANICARDI, F. R.; GOMES, R. da C.; FERRAZ, J. B. S.
Summary: Visual evaluation of live beef cattle have been largely used to identify more adequate animals for meat production and, in Brazil, even as selection criteria in breeding programs. However, the relationship of these evaluations with feed efficiency traits in feedlot are unknown. The objective of this work was to evaluate phenotypic correlations of visual scores of conformation (C), precocity (P) and muscularity (M) with feedlot performance.
Publication year: 2012
Types of publication: Abstract in annals or event proceedings
Unit: Embrapa Beef Cattle
Keywords: Bovino de corte, Confinamento, Nutrição Animal
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