Genetic analysis of visual scores and their relationships to mature female weight in Nellore breed Análise genética de escores visuais e suas relações com o peso de fêmeas à idade adulta na raça Nelore

Data from 79,884 Nellore breed animals were used to estimate genetic parameters and to evaluate the relationships among scores of conformation, precocity and musculature obtained at weaning and after yearling ages and weight of mature females. It was used the restricted maximum likelihood method in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Inaê Cristina Regatieri, Arione Augusti Boligon, Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000100014