The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
01/Feb/2009
Aila Loise Ribeiro Tanaka, Roberto Carvalheiro, Luiz Alberto Fries, Sandra Aidar de Queiroz
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982009000200010
The aim of this study was to compare the selection criteria based on the average daily gain (ADG) and days to achieve 160 kg (D160) on pre-weaning of Guzerat cattle. Database on weight gains provided by the Brazilian Association of Zebu Cattle Breeders (ABCZ) was used. The estimated genetic parameters and breeding values was obtained by the Restricted Maximum Likelihood Method, using a uni-trait animal model, with equations of mixed models. The model included the fixed effect of contemporary group, […]
Keywords: average daily gain; days to achieve 160 kg on pre-weaning; harmonic mean; uniform offspring
01/Jun/2005
Carolina Amália de Souza Dantas Muniz, Roberto Carvalheiro, Luiz Alberto Fries, Sandra Aidar de Queiroz
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982005000300013
Two different preweaning selection criteria in Gyr cattle: average daily gain from birth to weaning (ADG) and number of days to gain 160 kg from birth to weaning (D160) were evaluated in this study. Records from the Brazilian Zebu Breeders Association obtained from 1978 to 1994, were studied. (Co)variance components and heritabilities were estimated by restricted maximum likelihood derivative free method, and expected breeding values (EBV) were predicted using an single trait animal model. In the model, contemporary group was […]
Keywords: average daily gain; days to gain 160 kg; genetic parameters; harmonic mean