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Economic values of reproductive, growth, feed efficiency and carcass traits in Nellore cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Mar 2022
Souza Flávia M, Lopes Fernando B, Rosa Guilherme J M, Magnabosco Cláudio U
Abstract excerpt
A bioeconomic model was developed to calculate the economic value (ev) of reproductive and growth performance, feed efficiency and carcass traits of a seedstock Nellore herd. Data from a full-cycle cattle operation (1,436 dams) located in the Brazilian Cerrado were assessed. The ev was calculated by the difference in profit before and after one-unit improvement in the trait, with others remaining unchanged. The...
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