The objective of this work was to estimate the genetic trends for milk and fat yields of Holstein Dairy Cattle, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The statistical analyses were made by means of mixed models, using restricted maximum likelihood and animal model. The fixed effects studied were: herd-year-season at calving and linear and quadratic effect of age at calving besides the animal and residual random effects. The genetic trends were obtained by regression of the breeding value on the year […]

Seventy-one animals from two genetic groups, ½ Angus – ½ Nellore (AN) and ½ Simmental ¾ ½ Nellore (SN) with different growth potential, which belonged to the Projeto Cruzamento Embrapa 1 were used. These groups were submitted to seven castration treatments. It was observed that the SN animals delayed 14 more days in feedlot in order to be slaughtered in the same degree of finishing as the AN (131 days versus 117 days, respectively) animals. The other evaluated traits, slaughter […]

This experiment was carried out for two years with the objective of evaluating the performance of genetic groups with different genetic potentials for growth, such as Nellore (N), ½ Angus – ½ Nellore (AN) and ½ Simmental – ½ Nellore (SN).This study is part of an ample project, which has as principal goal, to evaluate the efficiency of production of systems composed by animals with different mature sizes (Projeto cruzamento Embrapa 1). Using a bivariate analysis involving the variables average […]

Inbreeding effects on calving interval (CI), birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW) and on the direct and maternal breeding values for BW were evaluated in a purebred Brown Swiss herd raised in northeast Brazil. Data were collected from 1946 to 1993. Inbreeding coefficients (F) were estimated according to Wright method using the MTDFREML package. Breeding values were predicted by a BLUP animal model that included fixed effects of sex, month and year of birth, parity of dam and direct and […]

In this study genetic parameters of scrotal circumference (SC), SC corrected for age (SC/a) and SC/a corrected for live weight (SC/aw) of Nellore Cattle were estimated and comparisons of the rank based on EPDs of the above criteria were made. In addition, the genetic correlations between SC measurements and growth (preweaning average daily gain, number of days to gain 160 kg after birth, post weaning average daily gain and number of days to gain 240 kg after weaning) were estimated. […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of cytoplasmic lineage on birth weight (BW) and pre weaning average daily gain (ADG), respectively of 4,212 and 3,844 records of Caracu cattle breed. The cytoplasmic lineage of each cow was traced back to the first female ancestor in the maternal line of its pedigree. The estimates of (co) variances and genetic parameters for BW and ADG including or not the components of maternal and cytoplasmic lineage effects, performed by […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of cytoplasmic lineage on milk yield of 11,163 records of Caracu cattle breed. The cytoplasmic lineage of each cow was traced back to the first female ancestor in the maternal line of its pedigree. The estimates of (co) variances and genetic parameters for milk yield including or not the components of maternal and cytoplasmic lineage effects, performed by univariate analyses were evaluated according to six different models using the derivative-free […]

Forty-four young bulls of herds selected for weight at 378 days of age (W378), born in 1995, were confined at the Sertãozinho Experimental Station, São Paulo State, Brazil. The samples, representing the W378 overall mean for each herd, were formed by 8 Guzera bulls (GuS) and by 9 bulls of each one of the groups Gir (Gi), Nelore (NeS), Nelore Control (NeC) and Caracu (Ca). The slaughter was carried out when the animals were at 580 days of age, with […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the productive efficiency of beef cows. Thirty Angus and 32 Charolais primiparous cows, pregnant at the beginning of the experiment with straightbred or crossbred calves, were evaluated. The cows were submitted to different feeding management during winter and spring: T1 ¾ Native pasture, T2 ¾ Cultivated pasture for 60 days (24 hours/day), from early September to early November, T3 ¾ Cultivated pasture for two hours a day, for 60 days, from early […]

This study was carried out in the Federal District of Brazil on two goat farms, using data collected on 772 parturitions. The objective was to evaluate genetic and environmental factors, which influenced the reproduction and milk production of Saanen, Parda Alpine, Toggenburg goats and their crosses, between 1995 and 1997. The data were analysed using SAS (Statistical Analysis System, GLM procedures) and the heritabilities were estimated using MTDFREML with an Individual Animal Model. The studied traits were: age at first […]