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/May/2013
Renato Travassos Beltrame, Celia Raquel Quirino, Luís Gustavo Barioni, Vera Fernanda Martins Hossepian de Lima
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982013000500003
A simulation model implemented in the programming software Delphi XE® was applied to evaluate sex selection in bovine. The hypothesis under investigation was that a dynamic model with stochastic and deterministic elements could detect the sexed semen technique to minimize pregnancy cost and to determine the adequate number of recipients required for in vivo (ET) and in vitro embryo production (IVP) in the proposed scenarios. Sex selection was compared through semen sexed using flow cytometry (C1) and density gradient centrifugation […]
Keywords: beef cattle; in vitro fertilization; modeling; stochastic simulation
01/Dec/2009
Haroldo Henrique de Rezende Neves, Roberto Carvalheiro, Luiz Alberto Fries, Sandra Aidar de Queiroz
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982009001200011
Stochastic simulation was carried out to access the consequences of combined use of assortative mating and sexed semen in a beef cattle population under selection. Six generations of selection were simulated under three different scenarios of mating strategy and sexed semen use. The first was characterized by random mating and no use of sexed semen. The second was simulated using positive assortative mating (PAM) for the 40% top dams and negative assortative mating (NAM) for the remainder, with no use […]
Keywords: negative assortative mating; positive assortative mating; selection; stochastic simulation