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REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
卷 39, 期 5, 页码 1015-1022出版社
REVISTA BRASILEIRA ZOOTECNIA BRAZILIAN JOURNAL ANIMAL SCI
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982010000500011
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beef cattle; genetic correlations; heritability; Nelore; visual evaluation; weight
It was evaluated 27,523 and 21,746 records on traits of conformation, finishing precocity and musculature measured at weaning and a year after weaning, respectively, for the estimation of (co)variance components among these traits, and between them and body weights at the same ages. The data were analyzed by employing an animal model with direct and maternal genetic effect and permanent maternal environment effect. Restricted maximum likelihood was employed for the estimation of genetic parameters. The heritability estimates of visual scores at weaning were 0.13, 0.25, 0.23 for conformation, finishing precocity, and musculature respectively. The heritability estimates of visual scores one year after weaning were greater: 0.24, 0.32 and 0.27 for conformation, finishing precocity, and musculature, respectively. The genetic correlations estimates among scores at the same ages were: 0.67 and 0.75 between conformation and finishing precocity; 0.61 and 0.71 between conformation and musculature; 0.95 and 0.95 between finishing precocity and musculature, considering weaning and one year further, respectively. The genetic correlations estimated between weaning weight and conformation, finishing precocity, and musculature, were 0.97, 0.67 and 0.62, respectively. The estimates among conformation, finishing precocity, musculature at year after weaning and body weight were 0.83, 0.59, 0.58, respectively. The results indicated that the visual scores can be used as selection criteria. Body weight increases can be expected as a correlated response for selection of such traits.
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