Selection effect for growth traits on energy requirements in beef Nelore steers

Growth data of 77,372 Nelore steers were used to estimate the selection effect on energy requirements considering two beef production systems: cow-calf and slaughter cycles. All the animals had measures from 120 days to 7 years old. The parameters necessary to evaluate the selection effect on energy...

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Published in:	Tropical animal health and production Vol. 54; no. 4; p. 213
Main Authors:	Del Pilar Solar Diaz, Iara, Bezerra, Luis Antonio Framartino, Lôbo, Raysildo Barbosa, de Araújo Neto, Francisco Ribeiro, de Camargo, Gregório Miguel Ferreira, da Cruz, Valdecy Aparecida Rocha, Costa, Raphael Bermal, de Oliveira, Henrique Nunes
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-08-2022 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Age Animals Beef Beef cattle Biomedical and Life Sciences Body weight Body weight gain Energy Energy requirements Environmental effects Feeds Life Sciences Maternal effects Meat production Pasture Phenotypes Polynomials Regression analysis Regular Articles Slaughter Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Zoology Nelore Profitability Energy requirement Correlated response Growth Beef cattle production system Selection criteria
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