[HTML][HTML] Sustainable intensification of beef production in the tropics: The role of genetically improving sexual precocity of heifers

GA Fernandes Júnior, DA Silva, LFM Mota, TP de Melo… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tropical pasture-based beef production systems play a vital role in global
food security. The importance of promoting sustainable intensification of such systems has …

Genetic mechanisms underlying spermatic and testicular traits within and among cattle breeds: systematic review and prioritization of GWAS results

PAS Fonseca, FC Dos Santos, S Lam… - Journal of animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Reduced bull fertility imposes economic losses in bovine herds. Specifically, testicular and
spermatic traits are important indicators of reproductive efficiency. Several genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic parameters for various semen production and quality traits and indicators of male and female reproductive performance in Nellore cattle

FE Carvalho, JBS Ferraz, VB Pedrosa, EC Matos… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background Given the economic relevance of fertility and reproductive traits for the beef
cattle industry, investigating their genetic background and developing effective breeding …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic parameters and relationships of heifer pregnancy and age at first calving with weight gain, yearling and mature weight in Nelore cattle

AA Boligon, LG Albuquerque - Livestock Science, 2011 - Elsevier
The objectives of the current study were to investigate the additive genetic associations
between heifer pregnancy at 16months of age (HP16) and age at first calving (AFC) with …

Additive genetic relationships between scrotal circumference, heifer pregnancy, and stayability in Nellore cattle

MH Van Melis, JP Eler, GJM Rosa… - Journal of Animal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Scrotal circumference data from 47,605 Nellore young bulls, measured at around 18 mo of
age (SC18), were analyzed simultaneously with 27,924 heifer pregnancy (HP) and 80,831 …

Genetic correlations of young bull reproductive traits and heifer puberty traits with female reproductive performance in two tropical beef genotypes in northern Australia

DJ Johnston, NJ Corbet, SA Barwick… - Animal Production …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
Genetic correlations of young bull and heifer puberty traits with measures of early and
lifetime female reproductive performance were estimated in two tropical beef cattle …

Genetic relationships among traits related to reproduction and growth of Nelore females

JP Eler, AB Bignardi, JBS Ferraz, ML Santana Jr - Theriogenology, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of the study presented here was to analyze the genetic relationships among
heifer pregnancy (HP), age at first calving (AFC), stayability (STAY), average annual …

Genetic associations between scrotal circumference and female reproductive traits in Nelore cattle

APN Terakado, AA Boligon, F Baldi… - Journal of Animal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to estimate genetic associations between scrotal
circumference obtained at 12 (SC12; mean of 21.46±2.74 cm), 15 (SC15; mean of …

Phenotypic plasticity of composite beef cattle performance using reaction norms model with unknown covariate

ML Santana, JP Eler, FF Cardoso, LG Albuquerque… - Animal, 2013 - cambridge.org
The objective of the present study was to determine the presence of genotype by
environment interaction (G× E) and to characterize the phenotypic plasticity of birth weight …

Genetic relationship between growth and reproductive traits in Nellore cattle

ML Santana, JP Eler, JBS Ferraz, EC Mattos - Animal, 2012 - cambridge.org
The objective of this study was to evaluate the genetic relationship between postweaning
weight gain (PWG), heifer pregnancy (HP), scrotal circumference (SC) at 18 months of age …