Causes of rejection of beef bulls in breeding soundness evaluation

The objective of this study was to analyze the rates of rejection in the different steps of the breeding soundness evaluation of beef bulls in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The breeding soundness of 22,113 young and mature bulls of 14 beef breeds, participating in the Program of Reproducti...

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Main Authors: Silvio Renato Oliveira Menegassi, Júlio Otávio Jardim Barcellos, Vanessa Peripolli, João Batista Souza Borges, Mari Lourdes Bernardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000700013