ABSTRACT – This experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance in feedlot finishing period of steers with genotype of 100 Hereford (H), 62/38 H Nellore (N), 50/50 HN, 25/75 HN. Twenty-four steers, twenty months old, feedlot confined by 126 days, were used. The diet with 12.7% of crude protein, was constituted by 57.5:42.5 forage to concentrate ratio on dry matter (DM) basis. The forage was corn silage + chopped sugar cane (relation 1:1). The regression was significant for the average […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the carcass and meat characteristics of Hereford (H), 5/8 H 3/8 Nellore (N), 1/2 H 1/2 N and 1/4 H 3/4 N steers, feedlot finished, from 20 to 24 months of age. Twenty-four steers randomly taken from the same herd were used. The diet contained, in a dry matter basis, 12.7% of crude protein and 57.5:42.5% forage:concentrate ratio. The forage was composed by corn silage + sugar cane (relation 1:1). The slaughter […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the performance up to 24 months of age of males from two breeding systems, straightbred (Charolais – C and Nellore – N) and crossbred (1/2 CN, 1/2 NC), submitted to two ages of weaning: T3-weaning at three months of age; T7-weaning at 7 months of age. The calves were maintained from birth to the weaning time with the cows on native pasture and, after weaning, both animals from T3 and T7 were […]

The objective of this work was to study birth (BW) and weaning (WW) weights, and birth weight/cow weight at calving (BWR) and weaning weight/cow weight at calving (WWR) ratios of 1/2 Canchim + 1/2 Nellore and 1/2 Charolais + 1/4 Canchim + 1/4 Nellore calves out of straightbred Nellore and crossbred 1/2 Canchim + 1/2 Nellore cows, and sired by Canchim (5/8 Charolais + 3/8 Zebu) and Charolais bulls, respectively. Analyses of variance were carried out separately for each genetic […]

The objetive of this study was to compare the first calving performance of Nellore and F1 crossbred cows. Data used in the study came from 741 calving of Nellore and F1 cows born from the matting of Nellore cows with sires of the breeds Aberdeen Angus, Brangus (black and red), Canchin, Nellore, Gelbvieh and Simental born from 1989 to 1993. The information about 566 calves born from 1991 to 1995, from the matting of these females with the Aberdeen Angus, […]

The objective of this study was to compare age at first calving (AFC) and cow weight at calving (CWC) of straightbred Nellore and crossbred 1/4 Charolais + 3/4 Nellore (1CHA3NEL), and 5/8 Charolais + 3/8 Nellore (5CHA3NEL) cows, and birth weight of calf/CWC (BWR) and weaning weight of calf at 270 days/CWC (WWR) ratios of straightbred Nellore and crossbred 1CHA3NEL, 5CHA3NEL, Canchim (5/8 Charolais + 3/8 Nellore) and 7/16 Charolais + 9/16 Nellore (7CHA9NEL) calves. Analyses of variance were carried […]

This trial was conducted to evaluate production levels of native breed ewes of Northeast Brazil mated to rams of specialized meat-type breeds. A total of 305 lambings from 134 ewes over three periods of mating were used to determine weaning rate, survival rate and live weight at weaning and total weight of weaned lamb. The hairsheep ewes were mated in a rotational scheme of the use of rams from Santa Inês, Hampshire-Down, Ile-de-France, Suffolk and Texel breeds. Live weight at […]