Article
Dual-purpose Guzerá cattle exhibit high dairy performance under heat stress.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Sept 2020
Santana Mário L, Pereira Rodrigo J, Bignardi Annaiza B, El Faro Lenira, Pires Maria F Á, Andrade Ricardo G, Perez Bruno C, Bruneli Frank A T, Peixoto Maria G C D
Abstract excerpt
The present study evaluated the heat stress response pattern of dual-purpose Guzerá cattle for test-day (TD) milk yield records of first lactation and estimated genetic parameters and trends related to heat stress. A total of 31,435 TD records from 4,486 first lactations of Guzerá cows, collected between 1986 and 2012, were analysed. Two random regression models considered days in milk (DIM) and/or...
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