Seven populations with different genetic means and different data structures resulting from replacing 0, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90 and 100% of sires simulated by GENESYS program were used to compare the mixed-model methodology (MMM) with the GenSys methodology, according to the accuracies and predicted error variances (PEV) of the breeding values, estimated under a sire or an animal model. Under the sire model, lower accuracy and greater PEV for both methodologies were observed as selection intensity increased, due to […]

The effect of genotype x environment interaction on body weight at birth (BW), weaning (W205), 12 (W365) and 18 (W550) months of age of Nellore cattle raised in the regions of Alto Taquari, Campo Grande and Pantanal, MS, Brazil, was studied. The data were analyzed for each region separately and for all regions together. Variance and covariance components and genetic parameters were estimated by the restricted maximum likelihood method, using an animal model that included the random additive direct effect, […]

153,963 test day milk yield records and 13,273 first lactations of Holstein cows calving between 1989 and 1998, were used with the objective of estimating genetic, phenotypic and environmental parameters for test day milk yield (PLDC) and 305 day milk yield (P305) and to study the convenience of using test day yields in genetic evaluations to replace P305. Four models were used. Models 1 and 2 differed according contemporary grouping and monthly milk records were considered as repeated measures. In […]

The data utilized in this work were originated from 53.938 pure and crossbred (Angus x Nelore), collected in different regions of Brazil and Argentina born from 1987 to 1998 were analyzed. The objectives of this work were to verity the heritabilities and correlation among the growing and scrotal circumference traits. The variables analyzed were the average daily gain from birth to weaning (ADGBW), days to reach 160 kg from birth to weaning (D160), weaning weight (WW) and scrotal circumference at […]

The data used in this study are from the first five lactations of 1,406 cows of the Mantiqueira Ecotype, daughters of 113 sires, with calving from 1952 to 1997. The total milk yield (PL), fat production (PG), lactation period (DL), and days dry (PS) were obtained from NPZGJRA/IZ/APTA/SAA. Based on the genetic values predictions, for each studied feature selection differentials and genetic trends were estimated though four selection paths of selection: bulls to breed bulls (SB), cows to breed bulls […]

The objective of this work was to estimate the genetic parameters, product-moment and rank correlations between breeding values, and also correlated responses for reproductive traits using bivariate analysis of total milk production (PL) and the age at the first calving (IPP), or calving intervals (IDP), or days open (PSERV). Records from the NPZGJRA/IZ/APTA/SAA-SSP breeding program of the first five lactations of 1406 cows of Mantiqueira ecotype; daughters of 113 sires, with calvings from 1952 to 1997 were used. The MTDFREML […]

Genealogies of 2070 animals and records from the first five lactations of 1406 cows of the Mantiqueira type cattle, daughters of 113 sires, were analyzed to estimate the frequency of inbred animals, the inbreeding average per generation and the possible effect of inbreeding increase on reproductive and productive traits. The evaluated traits were age at first calving (IPP), calving intervals (IDP), total milk production (PL) and lactation period (DL). Models for PL, IDP and DL included the fixed effects of […]

The objective of this work was to estimate the genetic trends for milk and fat yields of Holstein Dairy Cattle, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The statistical analyses were made by means of mixed models, using restricted maximum likelihood and animal model. The fixed effects studied were: herd-year-season at calving and linear and quadratic effect of age at calving besides the animal and residual random effects. The genetic trends were obtained by regression of the breeding value on the year […]

(Co) variance components and genetic parameters for birth weight (BW), adjusted weaning gain (AWG) and for conformation (WC), precocity (WP), muscling (WM) and size (WS) scores at weaning were estimated, from records of 40,915 Angus calves, raised in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. From that data, 12,706 had birth weight records and 11,863 had complete records for visual scores (VS). The data were analyzed using an animal model, in uni and multivariate analyses, and the variance […]

Data of scrotal circumference and female reproductive traits were analyzed to estimate heritabilities and genetic correlations. Data were obtained from 11 farms by the same company, located in the States of São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás. Variance components were estimated by restricted maximum likelihood using two-trait animal models. For traits with repeated measures, two mathematical models were used: including or not the permanent environment of the cow. Analyses that not included the permanent environment of the cow […]