Applications and Methods in Animal Breeding - Beef

Tait, Richard

929

Effects of Functional Polymorphisms on Beef Carcass Merit
Warren M. Snelling, USDA, ARS, US MARC; Larry A. Kuehn, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center; R. Mark Thallman, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center; Gary L. Bennett, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center; E. John Pollak, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

930

STEERS CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS WITH DIFFERENT GENETIC PREDOMINANCE FED WITH DIETS CONTAINING SUBSTITUTION LEVELS OF GRAIN CORN BY MILLET GRAIN
Rodrigo Medeiros Da Silva, Universidade Estadual de Goiás; João Teodoro Pádua, Universidade Federal de Goiás; Juliano J.R. Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Goiás; Rodrigo Zaiden Taveira, Universidade Estadual de Goiás; Regis Luis Missio, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná; Paulo Santana Pacheco, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Daiane Aparecida Fausto, ESALQ / USP; João Restle, Universidade Federal de Goiás

931

Genome-wide association analysis for beef traits in Marchigiana cattle breed
Silvia Sorbolini, Università di Sassari; Cesare Gruber, Dipartimento per l’Innovazione dei sistemi biologici, agroalimentari e forestali; Corrado Dimauro, Università di Sassari; Giustino Gaspa, Università di Sassari; Massimo Cellesi, Università di Sassari; Alessio Valentini, Università della Tuscia, Italy; Nicolò P.P. Macciotta, Università di Sassari

932

Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Reproductive Traits in a Multibreed Population of Beef Cattle
Sunday O Peters, Berry College; Kadir Kizilkaya, Adnan Menderes University; Dorian J. Garrick, Iowa State University; Rohan L Fernando, Iowa State University; E. John Pollak, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center; Mark Enns, Colorado State University; Ikhide G Imumorin, Cornell University

933

Copy number variation in the genome of Nellore cattle
Marcos V. A Lemos, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Mariana P Berton, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Carolyn Aboujaoude, FCAV - UNESP; Fabiele Feitosa, UNESP; Guilherme C Venturini, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Rafael L Tonussi, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Rafael Espigolan, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Henrique N Oliveira, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Lucia Galvão Albuquerque, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Fernando Baldi, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias

934

Seasonality and fresh semen quality from Pantaneira and Nellore bulls raised in Brazilian Pantanal
Luis Eduardo Senra Silva, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Luciana Keiko Hatamoto-Zervoudakis, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Alexandre Floriani Ramos, EMBRAPA - CENARGEN; Pedro Paulo Tsuneda, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Fabiana Mariani Wingert, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Moacir Ferreira Duarte Junior, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Thiago Bruno Castaldeli, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Rodrigo Delbem Almeida, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO; Juliana de Oliveira Moraes, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO

935

Sliding Window methods to detection of regions under selection in Nellore cattle
Diercles F Cardoso, Bolsista - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Guilherme C Venturini, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Daniel J. A Santos, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista; Rusbel R Aspilcueta Borquis, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Aline AS Stella, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Fernando Baldi, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias; Lucia Galvão Albuquerque, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Maria E. Z. Mercadante, Centro APTA Bovinos de Corte, Instituto de Zootecnia; Humberto Tonhati, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences

936

Association between copy number variation regions in the Nellore cattle genome and meat tenderness
Mariana P Berton, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Marcos V.A. Lemos, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias; Carolyn Aboujaoude, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias; Gregorio MF de Camargo, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Fabieli Feitosa, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Guilherme C Venturini, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Rafael L Tonussi, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Rafael Espigolan, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); Daniela M Gordo, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Angelica S.C Pereira, State University of São Paulo; Henrique N Oliveira, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Lucia Galvão Albuquerque, State University of São Paulo, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences; Fernando Baldi, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias

937

An Evaluation of six years of carcass and feedlot performance in Brahman and Brahman influenced steers tested by the American Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) National Carcass Evaluation Program
Amanda Royer, Louisiana State University; Matthew D Garcia, LSU

938

Relationship of physical characteristics and reproductive status in crossbred Angus replacement heifers
John E Thames, University of Arkansas; Christina M Turner, University of Arkansas; A. H Brown, Jr., Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture; C. F. Rosenkrans, University of Arkansas; Karen Anschutz, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture; J. G. Powell, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture