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Phenotypic relationship of female sexual precocity with production and reproduction traits in beef cattle using multivariate statistical techniques
Fernandes Júnior, Gerardo Alves
; Garcia, Diogo Anastácio ; Hortolani, Bruna ; de Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão (Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2018) [Artigo]
Multivariate statistical techniques were used to characterise the differences between precocious and non-precocious Nellore females regarding the phenotypic expression of various reproductive and productive traits. Information ... -
Polymorphism analysis in genes associated with meat tenderness in Nelore cattle
Braz, Camila Urbano; ; ; Bresolin, Tiago ; Espigolan, Rafael ; Garcia, Diogo Anastácio ; Gordo, Daniel Gustavo Mansan ; Magalhães, Ana Fabrícia Braga ; de Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão ; de Oliveira, Henrique Nunes (Meta Gene, 2018) [Artigo]
The aims of this study were to identify haplotyped loci associated with meat tenderness (WBSF) in candidate genes and to search for new polymorphisms in these regions that influence such trait in Nelore cattle. Fifty-two ... -
Rumen and liver measurements of lambs fed with high inclusions of crude glycerin in adaptation and finishing period of feedlot
Almeida, Marco T.C.; Ezequiel, Jane M.B. ; Paschoaloto, Josimari R. ; Perez, Henrique L. ; Carvalho, Vanessa B. ; Filho, Edivilson S. Castro ; van Cleef, Eric H.C.B. (Small Ruminant Research, 2018) [Artigo]
Crude glycerin is the main by-product of biodiesel industry and has great potential for reducing the feed costs in ruminant feedlot systems without affecting animal health and performance, mainly as a replacement for corn ... -
Apparent digestibility coefficients of feedstuff used in tambaqui diets
Buzollo, Hellen; Nascimento, Thiago Matias Torres do ; Sandre, Lidiane Cristina Gonçalves de ; Neira, Ligia Maria ; ; Carneiro, Dalton José (Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 2018) [Artigo]
Quality of fish diet can be evaluated by quantifying the ability of fish to digest food. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) for crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE) and ... -
Buffalo milk composition, processing factors, whey constituents recovery and yield in manufacturing Mozzarella cheese
; ; ; Tonhati, Humberto; ; ; ; (Food Science and Technology, 2018) [Artigo]
Mozzarella cheese is typically from Italy and consumed in the whole world. The aim of this study was to characterize the manufacture of Mozzarella produced similarly to Italian in a Brazilian dairy industry regarding the ... -
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry is a valid tool for assessing in vivo body composition of broilers
Gonçalves, Camila Angelica; Sakomura, Nilva Kazue ; Pereira Da Silva, Edney ; Artoni, Silvana Martinez Baraldi ; Suzuki, Rafael Massami ; (Animal Production Science, 2018) [Artigo]
The use of non-invasive techniques to estimate body composition in animals in vivo conforms to the desire to improve the welfare of animals during research and also has the potential to advance scientific research. The ... -
Changes in ruminal fermentation and microbial population of feedlot Nellore cattle fed crude glycerin and virginiamycin
Castagnino, Pablo S.; Dallantonia, Erick E. ; Fiorentini, Giovani ; Vito, Elias San ; Messana, Juliana D. ; Lima, Laís O. ; Simioni, Tiago A. ; Berchielli, Telma T. (Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2018) [Artigo]
The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of crude glycerin (CG) and virginiamycin (VM) diets on ruminal fermentation and microbial population of feedlot Nellore cattle. Eight rumen fistulated bulls (BW ... -
Productive features of broiler chickens in hot weather: Effects of strain and sex
; ; ; ; ; ; Sakomura, Nilva Kazue; ; (Semina:Ciencias Agrarias, 2018) [Artigo]
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the performance of broiler strains (Cobb 500, Ross 308, and Hubbard Flex) in hot weather. Environmental temperatures above thermal comfort trigger responses of the animals ... -
Energy and protein requirements during the growing phase of indigenous goats
Resende, Kléber Tomás; ; De Almeida, Amélia Katiane ; ; ; De Almeida Teixeira, Izabelle Auxiliadora Molina (Semina:Ciencias Agrarias, 2018) [Artigo]
The objective of this study was to investigate both energy and protein requirements for the maintenance and growth of indigenous goats, based on data from two separate studies. Goats were weaned at 79 ± 4.4 days of age, ... -
Growing goats of different sexes have distinct metabolic responses to continuous feed restriction
Silva, Nhayandra C. D.; Härter, Carla J. ; Figueiredo, Fernanda O. M. ; Leite, Rafael F. ; Neto, José M. Santos ; ; Teixeira, Izabelle A. M. A. ; Resende, Kléber T. (Animal Production Science, 2018) [Artigo]
The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of sex on the hormonal and metabolic changes in growing goats subjected to levels of feed restriction. We used 72 Saanen kids, including 24 intact males, 24 ... -
Method for the estimation of genetic merit of animals with uncertain paternity under Bayesian inference
Shiotsuki, L.; ; Albuquerque, L. G. (Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 2018) [Artigo]
The use of controlled mating or artificial insemination is impracticable in the case of large herds, mainly because of labour costs and the need to delimit areas during the breeding period. However, the exclusion of ... -
Association study between copy number variation and beef fatty acid profile of Nellore cattle
de Lemos, Marcos Vinicius Antunes; Peripolli, Elisa ; Berton, Mariana Piatto ; Feitosa, Fabiele Loise Braga ; Olivieri, Bianca Ferreira ; Stafuzza, Nedenia Bonvino ; Tonussi, Rafael Lara ; Kluska, Sabrina ; Chiaia, Hermenegildo Lucas Justino ; et al. (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2018) [Artigo]
The aim of this study was to analyze the association between the copy number variation regions (CNVRs) and fatty acid profile phenotypes for saturated (SFA), monosaturated (MUFA), polyunsaturated (PUFA), ω6 and ω3 fatty ... -
Fatty acid profile and carcass traits of feedlot Nellore cattle fed crude glycerin and virginiamycin
Castagnino, Pablo S.; Fiorentini, Giovani ; Dallantonia, Erick E. ; San Vito, Elias ; Messana, Juliana D. ; Torrecilhas, Juliana A. ; Silva Sobrinho, Américo G. ; Berchielli, Telma T. (Meat Science, 2018) [Artigo]
Forty-eight bulls with an initial body weight (BW) of 408.4 ± 22.2 kg (age = 21 ± 2 months) were used in a randomized complete block design arranged in a 2 × 2 factorial design. The treatments were diets without virginiamycin ... -
Characteristics of carcass and meat of heifers finished on pasture amended with different supplement frequency and soybean oil source
Santana, Márcia C.A.; Messana, Juliana D. ; Fiorentini, Giovani ; Lage, Josiane F. ; Dian, Paulo H.M. ; Canesin, Roberta C. ; Reis, Ricardo A. ; Berchielli, Telma T. (Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 2017) [Artigo]
Our objective was to investigate the effects of supplements with soybean oil source, administered either daily or three times per week, on meat quality and carcass characteristics of heifers finished on pasture. Forty-two ... -
Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans
Schmidek, Anita; De Oliveira, Bruno Nogueira ; Trindade, Pedro ; Da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos (Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology, 2018) [Artigo]
Equines perform tasks along humans, and there are evidences and controversies that they are able to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar humans. This study assessed whether foals can discriminate between humans in ... -
Genomic association for sexual precocity in beef heifers using pre-selection of genes and haplotype reconstruction
Takada, Luciana; Barbero, Marina M. D. ; Oliveira, Henrique N. ; De Camargo, Gregório M. F. ; Fernandes, Gerardo A. ; Aspilcueta-Borquis, Rusbel R. ; Souza, Fabio R. P. ; Boligon, Arione A. ; Melo, Thaise P. ; Regatieri, Inaê C. et al. (PLoS ONE, 2018) [Artigo]
Reproductive traits are of the utmost importance for any livestock farming, but are difficult to measure and to interpret since they are influenced by various factors. The objective of this study was to detect associations ... -
Differences in global gene expression in muscle tissue of Nellore cattle with divergent meat tenderness
Fonseca, Larissa Fernanda Simielli; Gimenez, Daniele Fernanda Jovino ; dos Santos Silva, Danielly Beraldo ; ; Baldi, Fernando ; Ferro, Jesus Aparecido ; Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão (BMC Genomics, 2017) [Artigo]
Background: Meat tenderness is the consumer's most preferred sensory attribute. This trait is affected by a number of factors, including genotype, age, animal sex, and pre- and post-slaughter management. In view of the ... -
Genetic diversity of the pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) population in the Brazilian pantanal assessed by combining fresh fecal DNA analysis and a set of heterologous microsatellite loci
Mantellatto, Aline Meira Bonfim; ; Christofoletti, Maurício Durante ; ; Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti (Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2017) [Artigo]
The pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) is close to being classified as globally threatened’, with the largest population occurring in the Brazilian Pantanal. Since capture is stressful to these animals, non-invasive ... -
Energy and protein requirements for maintenance of dairy goats during pregnancy and their efficiencies of use
Härter, C. J.; Lima, L. D. ; Silva, H. G.O. ; Castagnino, D. S. ; Rivera, A. R. ; Resende, K. T. ; Teixeira, I. A.M.A. (Journal of Animal Science, 2017) [Artigo]
It has been suggested that maintenance requirements are similar among animals of different physiological stages; however, important physiological changes occur in the maternal body during pregnancy. Therefore, the aim of ... -
Predicting empty body weight in growing goats: A meta-analytic approach
Campos, Letícia Marra; Almeida, Amélia Katiane ; Biagioli, Bruno ; Resende, Kleber Tomas ; Teixeira, Izabelle Auxiliadora Molina Almeida (Small Ruminant Research, 2017) [Artigo]
The objective of this study was to develop statistical models to predict empty body weight (EBW) by body weight (BW), testing the influence of sex (females, intact males or castrated males), type of diet (suckling or ...