Weight records at 205 (205W), 365 (365W) and 550 (550W) days of age of three Nellore herds raised in Paraíba State from 1975 to 1990, were used in the analyses. Genetic and maternal effects were estimated with the restricted maximum likelihood method, assuming an animal model. There were included the fixed effects of year-month-sex and farm. The linear and quadratic effects of age of dam at calving were included in the model as covariables. The least squares means and respective […]

Genealogies of 2070 animals and records from the first five lactations of 1406 cows of the Mantiqueira type cattle, daughters of 113 sires, were analyzed to estimate the frequency of inbred animals, the inbreeding average per generation and the possible effect of inbreeding increase on reproductive and productive traits. The evaluated traits were age at first calving (IPP), calving intervals (IDP), total milk production (PL) and lactation period (DL). Models for PL, IDP and DL included the fixed effects of […]

Variance components were estimated for the characteristic weights at 365 and 550-days of age of animals from genetic groups used on Canchim breed development. The objective was to verify the occurrence of heterogeneity variance among the genetic groups and the its possible effect during the ranking of animals, in the genetic evaluation. The estimates were obtained for the software MTDFREML. The strategy used to estimate the components of variance for both characteristics was to consider the expression of the characteristics […]

Weight data of 205 (205W), 365 (365W) and 550 (550W) days old of Guzerá herds raised on Paraíba State from 1975 to 1990 were analysed. Genetic and maternal effects were estimated by Restricted Maximum Likelihood method (REML). It was used an animal model with fixed effects of year-month-sex, farm and age of dam at calving (linear and quadratic). The general means for 205W, 365W and 550W were respectively 141.85 ± 28.67 kg, 199.08 ± 48.43 kg and 252.32 ± 64.90 […]

The knowledge of the genetic relationships between the parameters of lactation curve and the milk yield is important for the selection of cows and sire. The records milk yield from 583 cows of the Guzerá breed, daughters of 165 sire, were used to estimate the lactation curve parameters by two mathematical models. Milk productions were obtained from the extracted base of data from National Animal Science Archive maintained by National Center for Dairy Research (Embrapa Gado de Leite). The analyses […]

The body composition, in terms of percentages of muscle, fat and bone of carcass or empty body weight (EBW), was estimated in a sample comprised of 44 bulls, born in 1995, from the selected herds for weight at 378 days (W378) at Sertãozinho Experiment Station (SP-Brazil) and finished in a feedlot until slaughter. The sample of each herd, representing it’s mean for W378, was 9 for each group, Gir (Gi); Nellore (NeS); Control Nellore (NeC), Caracu (Ca) and 8 for […]

The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate the use of on-test age (ONA), off-test age (OFA), on-test weight (ONW), and off-test weight (OFW) as covariates for analysing average daily gain (ADG) in Landrace (LD), Large White (LW) and Pietrain (PT) swine breeds. One- and two-traits analyses were carried out using Restrict Maximum Likelihood method, with a statistical model that included the fixed effect of contemporary group, the random genetic effects of animal and maternal (the latter just […]

The pre-weaning performance of Nellore (N), Guzerá x N (GN), Red Angus x N (RN) and Marchigiana x N (MN) calves, from a crossbreeding experiment conducted at IAPAR Paranavaí Experimental Station, produced by artificial insemination, born between 1985 and 1998 within two birth seasons (January to April and July to December) was studied. The least squares method was utilized to analyze 721 observations of birth weight (PNT) and 686 of weaning weight (PDS) and average daily gain from birth to […]

This trial was conducted at National Beef Cattle Research Center of Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Beef Cattle). Forty five F1 Aberdeen Angus-Nellore steers were used to evaluate the effects of different dry seasons feeding schemes on carcass characteristics. The treatments were: control, without supplementation (S/S); supplementation in 2nd dry period (S2S); supplementation in 1st dry period (S1S); supplementation in 1st and 2nd dry periods (S12S) and supplementation in 1st dry period and confinament in 2nd one (S1C2). Animals were […]

Milk yield in Nellore cows and suckling behavior of their calves of different production systems: NR- Extensive Nellore, NI- Intensive Nellore; and three crossbreeding systems (CN- Canchim-Nellore, AN-Angus-Nellore and SN-Simmental-Nellore in intensive management), were studied. Milk production of cows and number and length of suckles, and daily gain (kg/day) of calves were obtained in three moments of lactation (60, 120 and 180 days after calving). Moment of lactation and production system by lactation moment interaction had a significant effect in […]