For this study, after editing the data, 87,372 Nelore cattle visual scores of conformation (C), precocity (P) and musculature (M) at weaning were utilized. The aim of this work were to study the effects of age of dam at calving, Julian date of birth and age of calf at weaning on conformation, precocity and musculature visual scores and to estimate adjustment factors for these effects. The model included fixed effects of contemporary group (herd, paddock, year and month of birth, […]

A study was carried on performance of the Brown Swiss cattle with the objective of estimating adjustment factors, evaluate some environment and genetics factors that affect milk and fat yields and fat percentage, and estimate genetic parameters for this productive traits. It was appraised 11,189 lactations out of 5,382 Brown Swiss cows, from 1980 to 1999, originated from 201 herds, provided by milking record service accomplished by the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeder`s Association of Brazil. Productions were adjusted by a […]

ABSTRACT – The objectives of this study were to obtain adjustment factors for effects of calf age, dam age and calf Julian birth date on weight gain from birth to weaning (GND) and on visual scores of conformation (C), precocity (P), and muscling (M) and to estimate effects of maternal and individual heterosis on those traits. The analyzed records were from two breeding programs named Natura and Conexão Delta G, totalizing 187,610 purebred and crossbred Nellore x Angus and Nellore […]

The aims of this research were to estimate the influence of age of dam at calving (AC), and julian date of birth (JDB) on weaning weight (WW) and preweaning average daily gain (ADG) of gyr calves and adjustment factors for them. It was analyzed 10,685 and 18,339 records, on WW and ADG of Gyr calves, from the Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Zebu data set belonging to 1229 and 1979 contemporary groups (CG), respectively. AC, for males, was fitted as […]

Previous and present days open were fit simultaneously as fixed effects in a sire model for 305 day milk production (L305) containing yet the fixed effects of herd-year-season, level of Holstein blood, age of cow as covariant (up to 3rd degree) and the random effects of sire and cow. A relationship matrix including the bull, his sire and his dam was used. The same model without age of cow was used for 305-day mature age equivalent milk yield (PROAJU). The […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of previous and present days open and previous dry days period fitted simultaneously as fixed effects using a sire model for 305-day milk production, still containing the fixed effects of herd-year-season, genetic group, age of cow and the random effects of sire and cow. An additive relationship matrix that included the bull, its sire and its mother was used. The same model with the exclusion of the age of cow […]