Genetic parameters and phenotypic and genetic trends for weight at weaning and visual scores during this phase estimated for Angus-Nellore crossbred young bulls Parâmetros genéticos e tendências genéticas e fenotípicas para peso a desmama e escores visuais nessa fase estimados para tourinhos mestiços Angus-Nelore

Genetic parameters and genetic and phenotypic trends were estimated for weight at weaning (WW) and visual scores (VS) of conformation (C), precocity (P), musculature (M) and navel (N) for Angus × Nellore crossbred calves. It was used 39,676 records from pre-weaning phase of animals born from 1992 to...

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Main Authors: Ronyere Olegário de Araújo, Paulo Roberto Nogara Rorato, Tomás Weber, Dionéia Magda Everling, Jader Silva Lopes, Mariana de Almeida Dornelles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2010-11-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982010001100012