ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate genomic information inclusion in genetic parameter estimation of standardized body weight at birth and at 240, 365, and 450 days of age, and visual scores for body structure, precocity, and body muscularity, measured as yearlings in Nelore cattle. We compared genetic parameters, (co)variance components (estimated from Bayesian inference and Gibbs sampling), breeding value accuracies, genetic trends, and principal component analysis (PCA) obtained through traditional GBLUP and ssGBLUP methods. For all traits […]

ABSTRACT We aimed to estimate litter size and litter uniformity genetic parameters and genetic trends of Landrace pigs at birth and at three weeks by using multitrait analyses for 2,787 litters. The following litter traits were evaluated: number of piglets born alive (NBA), within-litter weight mean at birth (MBW), within-litter weight standard deviation at birth (SDB), within-litter weight coefficient of variation at birth (CVB), number of piglets at three weeks (NT), within-litter weight mean at three weeks (MT), within-litter weight […]

Avaliaram-se os parâmetros e as tendências genéticas de características reprodutivas de suínos da raça Large White. Utilizaram-se dados de número de leitões nascidos (NLN), número de leitões aos 21 dias (NLD), peso médio da leitegada ao nascimento (PMNasc), peso médio de leitegada ao desmame ajustado para 21 dias (PMD), ganho médio diário (GMD) e número de natimortos (NatMort) de uma amostra constituída de 12.840 leitegadas, registradas de 1989 a 2003, nos arquivos da Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Suínos – […]