Article
Visual body-scores selection and its influence on body size and ultrasound carcass traits in Nellore cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2015
Bonin M N, Ferraz J B S, Pedrosa V B, Silva S L, Gomes R C, Cucco D C, Santana M H A, Campos J H A, Barbosa V N, Castro F S F, Novais F J, Oliveira E C M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters, genetic trends, and genetic progress of carcass traits were estimated for 12,447 Nellore individuals from different Brazilian herds. The following carcass traits were analyzed: visual body scores of conformation (CONF), precocity (PREC), and muscularity (MUSC); rump width (RW) and rump length (RL), body size (frame); and ultrasound evaluation of ribeye area (REA), backfat thickness (BFT), and...
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