This research aimed to estimate the maintenance requirements of net energy (NEm) and metabolizable energy (MEm), and the changes in body and gain composition of confined adults non-pregnant and non-lactant beef cows. Thirty six cows were used, 12 were Nellore (NEL), 12 F1 Brown Swiss-Nellore (BSN) and 12 F1 Red Angus-Nellore (RAN). The comparative slaughter method was utilized to estimate the changes of animal body chemical composition during the experimental period. Four animals from each breed group were randomly allocated […]

Records of 4959 lactation in 1985 to 1998 of 2414 Brown Swiss cows breed, daughters of 70 sires in 51 herds, were used to estimate the genetic trend for milk and fat yield adjusted for 305 days of lactation and mature age of cows (PL305ME and PG305ME). The genetic trend for sires was estimated using a linear regression of the breeding values of the sires to their daughters calving year, averaged to number of daughters in each calving year. The […]

Data of type classification from Brown Swiss Cattle Breeder`s Association of Brazil were used to evaluate non-genetic factors, heritability and genetic and phenotypic correlations of the linear type traits, classification traits and final score, as well as to evaluate correlations of type traits and milk yield. For the study of non-genetic factors was utilized the least square metolology using the GLM procedure of SAS, and, for estimate of heritability and genetic and phenotypic correlation was used an animal model. The […]

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 […]

Inbreeding effects on calving interval (CI), birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW) and on the direct and maternal breeding values for BW were evaluated in a purebred Brown Swiss herd raised in northeast Brazil. Data were collected from 1946 to 1993. Inbreeding coefficients (F) were estimated according to Wright method using the MTDFREML package. Breeding values were predicted by a BLUP animal model that included fixed effects of sex, month and year of birth, parity of dam and direct and […]