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Author(s): THOLON, P.; PATERNO, F.; QUEIROZ, S. The use of growth functíons allows the stuclyof animal growth in adujthood, enabtíng the cOrTeJation between weíghts at different agesand attainmentof adutts with smalter size (A), a higher rate Df we... ... |
Author(s): PEREIRA, A. P.; ALENCAR, M. M. de; OLIVEIRA, H. N. de; REGITANO, L. C. de A. The Canchim beef cattle (5/8 Charolais + 3/8 Zebu) has been selected for meat production in Brazil since late 1950. In the present work the effects of growth hormone ( GH) and insulin-like growth fact... ... |
Author(s): SILVEIRA, L. G. G.; FURLAN, L. R.; CURI, R. A.; FERRAZ, A. L. J.; ALENCAR, M. M. de; REGITANO, L. C. de A.; MARTINS, C. L.; ARRIGONI, M. de B.; SUGUISAWA, L.; SILVEIRA, A. C.; OLIVEIRA, H. N. de The growth hormone 1 gene (GH1) is a candidate gene for body weight and weight gain in cattle since it plays a fundamental role in growth regulation. We investigated the GH1 gene AluI and DdeI restric... ... |
Author(s): BUZANSKAS, M. E.; GROSSI, D. A.; VENTURA, R. V.; SCHENKEL, F. S.; SARGOLZAEI, M.; MEIRELLES, S. L. C. O; MOKRY, F. B.; HIGA, R. H.; MUDADU, M. de A.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; NICIURA, S. C. M.; TORRES JUNIOR, R. A. de A.; ALENCAR, M. M. de; REGITANO, L. C. de A.; MUNARI, D. P. Studies are being conducted on the applicability of genomic data to improve the accuracy of the selection process in livestock, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide valuable information... ... |
Author(s): MARTINS, T. R.; PÁDUA, J. T.; TAVEIRA, R. Z.; NOBRE, P. R. C.; SILVA, L. O. C. da; GONDO, A.; TORRES JUNIOR, R. A. de A.; MENEZES, G. R. de O. To provide information that can contribute to the genetic evaluation and selection of Senepol cattle, genetic parameters were estimated for growth traits. Birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW) and po... ... |
Author(s): VAZ, K. M.; SOUZA, J. C. de; FERRAZ, A. L. J.; SILVEIRA, M. V. da; ARRUDA, R. M. da S. de; SOUZA, C. F. de; FERRAZ FILHO, P. B.; MACHADO, C. H. C.; ALENCAR, M. P.; ABREU, U. G. P. de ABSTRACT:The objective was to estimate the growth curves and genetic parameters using random regression methodology for Nellore cattle raised in Pantanal, MS, Brazil (6974 calves; n = 53,233 weights),... ... |
Author(s): CARRIJO, S. M.; ALENCAR, M. M. de; TORAL, F. L. B.; REGITANO, L. C. de A. Use of genetic markers can aid on the identification of animals with highest breeding values in beef cattle. The PIT1 gene codes for the Pit-1 transcription factor is essential for the activation of p... ... |
Author(s): PAIVA, M. I. de; REIS, N. J. C.; PASCHOAL, J. J.; FERNANDES, L. O.; MACIEL, G. A.; BRAGA, G. J. The objective of this work was to evaluate the growth efficiency of Nellore young bulls in the growing and fattening phases using the Kleiber index (KI). The experiment was carried out in the ABCZ exp... ... |
Author(s): CASTRO, L.; MAGNABOSCO, C. de U.; GONZALEZ, R. D. S.; FARIA, C.; LÔBO, R.; NAKAGAWA, A.; LOPES, F. Growth, carcass and tenderness data from 415 Polled Nellore animals were analyzed in order to estimate the genetic correlations between tenderness (WBSF) and growth (ILW, FLW and ADG) and carcass (BF,... ... |
Author(s): MUDADU, M. de A.; PORTO-NETO, L. R.; MOKRY, F. B.; TIZIOTO, P. C.; OLIVEIRA, P. S. N.; TULLIO, R. R.; NASSU, R. T.; NICIURA, S. C. M.; THOLON, P.; ALENCAR, M. M. de; HIGA, R. H.; ROSA, A. do N.; FEIJO, G. L. D.; FERRAZ, A. L. J.; SILVA, L. O. C. da; MEDEIROS, S. R. de; LANNA, D. P.; NASCIMENTO, M. L.; CHAVES, A. S.; SOUZA, A. R. D. L.; PACKER, I. U.; TORRES JUNIOR, R. A. de A.; SIQUEIRA, F.; MOURÃO, G. B.; COUTINHO, L. L.; REVERTER, A.; REGITANO, L. C. de A. Nelore is the major beef cattle breed in Brazil with more than 130 million heads. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are often used to associate markers and genomic regions to growth and meat qual... ... |
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