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 […]

The trial was carried out in a Tanzania grass (Panicum maximum) pasture, rotationally grazed by lactating cows, to estimate the dry matter intake. Three treatments were tested: crossbred cows fed 3 kg per day of concentrate and crossbred and Zebu cows (Gyr) without concentrate supplementation. The forage availability was 7,340.2 kg of dry matter (DM) /ha before and 5,639.5 after the 3rd grazing day. The Tanzania grass DM intake was 8.26 ± 5.66, 11.01 ± 5.37 and 9.55 ± 2.31 […]

This research was carried out to evaluate the inbreeding effects and its possible influence on the beef cattle growth. Data with 27,406 observations of weaning weight, standardized to 205 (WW), and 14,317 observations of yearling weight, standardized to 365 days (YW), from Gyr breed animals, from 1970 to 1995, were used. The analysis were made using the least square method that included the random effect of contemporary group and the fixed effects of generation (class), age of cow at calving, […]

Milk production records of 5,258 lactations at first calving from straightbred Gyr and crossbred Gyr:Holstein cows were used to evaluate the relationship between sire predicted transmitting ability (PTA) and the milk production of their progeny. Animal model was used to calculate the PTA using straightbred Gyr daughter only, the crossbred Gyr daughters only and all daughters at the same time. Subsequently, the PTA regressions and correlations of the sires obtained under different alternatives, with the straightbred and, or crossbred daughters […]

Records of 4595 lactations from 2254 cows, daughters of 145 sires and 1618 dams of the Gyr breed, assigned to 18 herds, with calving from 1980 to 1997 were used to study the viability of using production from projected partial lactations, on the evaluation of sires. From 91, 151, 211 or 241 days of lactation, 10, 30, 50 or 70% of the lactations were projected, for the duration of the observed lactation and at 305 days of lactation. The estimated […]

Records of 4,595 lactations from 2,254 cows, daughters of 145 sires and 1,618 dams of Gyr breed from 18 herds, with observed calving time from 1980 to 1997, were used to estimate the genetic and phenotypic parameters of milk yield up to 305 days and projected partial lactations. From 91, 151, 211 or 241 days in milk, 10, 30, 50 or 70% of the milk yield were projected for the observed and 305 days of lactation. The genetic parameters were […]

Records of 4595 lactations from 2254 cows, daughters of 145 sires and 1,618 dams of the Gyr breed, assigned to 18 herds, with calving from 1980 to 1997 were used to study the viability of using production from projected partial lactations, on the evaluation. From 91, 151, 211 or 241 days of lactation, 10, 30, 50 or 70% of the lactations were projected, for the duration of the observed lactation and 305 days of lactation. The estimates of genetic parameters […]