The objective of this work was to study the effects of age of dam (AOD), age of calf (AOC) and Julian date of birth (DOB) on the average daily gain (ADG) from birth to weaning period of Nellore breed animals. The data were ...

Measurements of scrotal circumference (SC) of 8934 young Nelore bulls, distributed on 346 contemporary groups (GC) from herds under tropical pasture conditions, were analyzed. The GC, with at least five animals each, were ...

The aim of the study was to estimate adjustment factors to be used in genetic selection programs. Measurement data of scrotal circumference Nellore breed bulls from different herds raised on Brazilian tropical pasture ...

The objective of this study was to estimate the relative effects of genetic and phenotypic factors on the efficacy and efficiency of superovulation for Holstein-Friesian cows reared in Brazil. A database, established by ...

The nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) of Mangalarga horses were characterized by analysis of NOR-banded metaphase chromosomes according to the technique of Goodpasture and Bloom (Chromosoma 53: 37-50, 1975). NOR banding ...

The objective of this work was to calculate correction factors for the effects of age of the dam (AOD), age of the calf (AOC) and Julian birth date (DOB) on the average daily gain (ADG) from birth to weaning period of ...

The objective of the study was to evaluate compensatory weight gain in the performance of young bulls submitted to feed restriction, in the initial phase of confinement and to study the economic viability of the utilization ...

The influence of restricting feed intake of young bulls in feedlots was evaluated in terms of structure of muscular fibers and respective areas, sampled by biopsy on the semitendinoso muscle. Sixty six crossbred Simental-Nelore ...