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Tipo: | Artigo |
Título: | Heritability estimation and genetic correlations for mature weight, visual scores, and growth traits in Nellore cattle |
Autor(es): | Koetz Junior, Celso Roso, Vanerlei Mozaquatro Fávaro, Patricia da Cruz Pereira, Gabriel Ribas Borges, Marcelo Henrique Favaro Barca Junior, Flávio Antônio Barcellos, Júlio Otávio Jardim Ribeiro, Edson Luis de Azambuja |
Abstract: | This study was intended to estimate the genetic associations between growth traits and visual scores with possible changes in mature weight (MW) in 397,900 Nellore animals. A bi-character analysis was performed to estimate the (co)variances and genetic parameters for MW, which comprises the following traits: conformation, finishing precocity, musculature at weaning (WC, WP, and WM) and yearling (YC, YP, and YM), birth weight (BW), weight from birth to weaning (WG), weight from weaning to yearling (YG), and final index (FIND). The observed mean MW was 417.6±56.2 kg, and the direct genetic effect mean estimated heritability (h²a1) of MW was 0.45. Overall, the BW was 31.0±3.7 kg, and the estimated h² was 0.34. The heritability estimate of the maternal additive genetic component (h²m2) of BW was 0.07. We calculated the mean WG to be 144.1±26.3 and estimated the h²a2 as 0.18 and h²m2 as 0.07. The value for h²a YG (0.17) and YW (0.26) were also estimated. The heritability of the weaning WC (0.17), WP (0.19), and WM (0.17) and yearling YC (0.25), YP (0.27), and YM (0.25) were estimated using visual scores. The h²m values for weaning WC, WP, and WM (0.06) with visual scores were estimated. The genetic correlations between body weight (BoW) at YC and WC (0.62) were considered moderately high and positive. In addition, YP (0.18), YM (0.15), WP (0.13), and WM (0.14) were considered moderately low compared with MW. The genetic correlation between BW and FIND (0.38) was considered positive and moderate. The heritability estimation indicates that growth traits, visual scores, and weight of adult cows could be changed by selection. Cows that presented the highest h²a values for live weight responded rapidly to selection based on growth characteristics, visual scores, and FIND and might result in increased final MW |
Palavras-chave: | beef cattle growth parameters productive traits selection |
Editor: | Brazilian Journal of Animal Science |
Citação: | Koetz Junior, C.; Roso, V. M.; Fávaro, P. C.; Pereira, G. R.; Borges, M. H. F.; Barca Junior, F. A.; Barcellos, J. O. J. and Ribeiro, E. L. A. 2019. Heritability estimation and genetic correlations for mature weight, visual scores, and growth traits in Nellore cattle. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia 48:e20170246 |
Tipo de Acesso: | Creative Commons Attribution License |
Identificador DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1590/rbz4820170246 |
URI: | https://locus.ufv.br//handle/123456789/30898 |
Data do documento: | 6-Jun-2019 |
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