Nutrition is of fundamental importance in reproductive function of female beef cattle. Nutrition
determines live weight (LW) and body condition score (BCs) and both were found more than …

Together with their sister subspecies Bos taurus, zebu cattle (Bos indicus) have contributed
to important socioeconomic changes that have shaped modern civilizations. Zebu cattle …

Improvements in feed intake of dairy cows entering the early lactation period potentially
decrease the risk of metabolic disorders, but before developing approaches targeting the …

The control of reproductive processes involves the integration of a number of factors from the
internal and external environment, with the final output signal of these processes being the …

Puberty is a complex biological event that requires maturation of the reproductive
neuroendocrine axis and subsequent initiation of high-frequency, episodic release of GnRH …

Elucidating the physiological mechanisms that control reproduction is an obvious strategy
for improving the fertility of cattle and developing new agents to control reproductive …

Puberty is a complex physiological process in females that requires maturation of the
reproductive neuroendocrine system and subsequent initiation of high-frequency, episodic …

The advent of genomic selection has led to increased interest within the cattle breeding
industry to market semen from young bulls as early as possible. However, both the quantity …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are one of the best ways to look into the
connection between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the phenotypic …

Advancing the age at which puberty and subsequent sexual maturation is attained in cattle
is central to the reproductive and economic efficiency of both beef and dairy production …