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/Mar/2010
Érico Rodrigues, Mário De Beni Arrigoni, André Mendes Jorge, Waldmaryan Bianchini, Cyntia Ludovico Martins, Cristiana Andrighetto
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982010000300023
The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth of young heifers from different genetic groups in an intensive meat production system. One hundred and thirty two heifers from four different genetics groups were used: 18 – ¾ Canchim × ¼ Nellore (¾ CN), 18 – ½ Canchim × ½ Nellore (½ CN), 24 Simbrasil – ⅝ Simmental × ⅜ Nellore (SIMB) and 72 – Three way cross ¼ Simmental × ¼ Nellore × ½ Angus. The heifers were […]
Keywords: back fat thickness; ribeye area; rump fat thickness; ultrasound