The objective of this study was to evaluate the productivity efficiency indicators of cows selected for post-weaning weight, with emphasis in the calf-cow weight ratios, in a controlled herd (NeC), unselected for post-weaning weight, selection (NeS) and conventional (NeT). The analysis involved 3929 and 3906 calves weights at the 120 (P120) and 210 (P210) days of age, respectively. The cow weights at those ages were also considered, and the recorded numbers were 3824 (PV120) and 3777 (PV210), respectively, for 120 […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluated the reproductive traits of crossbred goats submitted to the semi-arid Notheast climate conditions. Data from 657 does kept in a native pasture and fed corn and soybean meal based diet, during the dry season, and 945 kids milked up 24 hours, were analyzed. The means for the does prolificacy and at kidding weight were respectively 1.69+.03 and 36.38+.03 kg for ½ Pardo Alpina (PA) + ½ Moxotó (MO), 1.59+.05 and 36.24+0.58 kg for ¾ […]

The objective of the experiment was to evaluate, during the growth phase, the dry matter intake, weight gain and feed to gain conversion of young bulls and steers, castrated at eight month, from two breeding systems, straightbred (Charolais – C and Nellore – N) and crossbred (1/2 CN, 1/2 NC), as well as to measure the resulting heterosis. The animals were confined from nine to twelve months and fed a 15% crude protein diet and a 70:30 forage to concentrate […]

In the present work, 180 Nellore females from eight herds were analyzed for TEXAN15, BM1224 and CSFM50 microsatellites and for the restriction fragments polymorphism (RFLP) at the locos k-casein, b-lactoglobulin and growth hormone (GH). Excepted for GH, all markers were polymorphic in the studied sample. The values of heterozigozity, gene diversity, polymorphic information content (PIC) and paternity exclusion probability (PE) were estimated. The highest PIC (0.685) and PE (0.521) values were obtained for microsatellite BM1224.

Data of 109.200 lactations were used to verify the effects of heterogeneity of variance on genetic evaluation of cows and bulls of Holstein breed raised in Brazil. Total milk production adjusted for adult age was used to classify the herds among three classes of phenotypic standard deviation: Low (<1427 kg), medium (between 1427 kg and 1625 kg) and high (>1625 kg) classes. Records from the first lactation were analyzed for total milk production adjusted for adult age (TOTAJU) and for […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the viability of using partial records of milk yield instead of the production accumulated at 305 days of lactation to obtain the predicted breeding values (BV). Sires and cows ranked by BV using accumulated milk yield records at 90(T90), 150(T150) and 210(T210) days of lactation were compared with BV estimated by using production up to 305 days (T305). An animal model was used to estimate the animals BV including herd-year, season and […]

This study was conducted to evaluate the difference among genetic groups and the effects of diets with different levels of metabolizable energy for broilers. The performance and carcass quality of seven genetic groups (M1C1, C1C1, C2C2, M1C2, C2F1, C1F1 and M1F1) of broilers obtained from the cross among two lines developed by UFV (M1 and F1) and two mainly trade mark lines (C1 and C2) were determined. The chickens were randomly allocated to 84 different boxes (15 birds/box and 12 […]

The performance of two broiler breeder lines, developed by Federal University of Viçosa – UFV (M1 and F1) was tested against two mainly trade mark lines (C1 and C2), using methods of multivariate analysis for the evaluation of the genetic divergence. Four important economic traits were evaluated: age at sexual maturity (IMS), egg number (NO), average egg weight (PO) and body weight (PM), during three periods of the productive life of the birds: initial (25th to 32nd week of age), […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritional requirement of total lysine for Hubbard and Ross broiler chickens of both sexes, from 1 to 21 and from 22 to 40 days of age. The evaluated traits were weight gain, feed intake, feed:gain, carcass yield, breast with bone yield, breast meat yield and fat pad. In each phase, a completely randomized block experimental design in a 2 x 2 x 6 factorial arrangement was used, with two sexes, two trade […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritional requirement of total lysine for Hubbard and Ross broiler chickens of both sexes, from 22 to 40 and from 42 to 48 days of age. Weight gain, feed intake, feed:gain ratio, breast with bone yield, and breast meat yield were evaluated. In each period, a completely randomized block experiment design in a factorial 2 x 2 x 6 was used, with two sexes, two trademarks and six dietary lysine levels, with […]