Genetic and environmental effects on sexual precocity traits in Nellore cattle Efeitos genéticos e ambientais sobre características de precocidade sexual em bovinos Nelore

Genetic and environmental effects on sexual precocity traits in Nellore cattle Efeitos genéticos e ambientais sobre características de precocidade sexual em bovinos Nelore

The objective of this study was to estimate the heritability of probability of early pregnancy (PEP) and scrotal circumference (SC) and the genetic correlation between these traits in Nellore cattle. PEP records from 11,696 Nellore females born between 1983 and 2001 were analyzed. PEP was assumed to...

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Main Authors: Sarah Laguna Meirelles, Ana Carolina Espasandin, Maira Mattar, Sandra Aidar de Queiroz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2009-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
característica de limar
gado de corte
perímetro escrotal
precocidade sexual
beef cattle
early pregnancy
scrotal circumference
threshold trait
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