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/Aug/2009
Sarah Laguna Meirelles, Ana Carolina Espasandin, Maira Mattar, Sandra Aidar de Queiroz
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982009000800012
The objective of this study was to estimate the heritability of probability of early pregnancy (PEP) and scrotal circumference (SC) and the genetic correlation between these traits in Nellore cattle. PEP records from 11,696 Nellore females born between 1983 and 2001 were analyzed. PEP was assumed to be one for females that effectively bred in the herd (19.84%) and zero for those discarded before first calving (80.16%). The model used to study PEP included the effects of contemporary group, age […]
Keywords: beef cattle; early pregnancy; scrotal circumference; threshold trait
01/Oct/2007
Sandra Aidar de Queiroz, Gustavo Figueiredo, Josineudson Augusto II de Vasconcelos Silva, Ana Carolina Espasandin, Sarah Laguna Meirelles, João Ademir de Oliveira
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982007000600013
The aim of this study was to estimate the heritability of stayability (HP) in Caracu cattle in order to evaluate its usage as a selection criterion for longevity. Stayability was defined as the probability of a cow to be producing in the herd at the ages of 48 (HP48), 60 (HP60) and 72 (HP72) months. Binary observations indicating failure (zero) or success (one) were assigned to records on 5487, 4947 and 4308 cows with at least two lactations at the […]
Keywords: dual-purpose cattle; longevity; threshold trait