Parâmetros genéticos para produção de leite e persistência de lactações múltiplas na raça Gir

Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento Animal - FCAV

Polimorfismo no gene do hormônio Grelina em búfalas (Bubalus bubalis) e sua associação com produção e qualidade do leite

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Modelos para estimação de componentes de (co)variância para produção de leite no dia do controle de vacas da raça Holandesa

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Modelos de regressão aleatória, análise multivariada e redes neurais artificiais na avaliação genética da produção de leite de vacas Holandesas

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Estudo genético e quantitativo da contagem de células somáticas em bubalinos leiteiros

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Fontes de gordura na dieta de vacas em lactação

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Efeito da densidade nutricional da dieta e suplementação com cromo nas concentrações séricas de glicose, insulina e ácidos graxos não esterificados em vacas de leite lactantes

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Polimorfismos nos genes DGAT-1 e A2M e suas associações com produção e qualidade do leite de búfalas da raça Murrah

Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento Animal - FCAV

Risk factors for anaplasmosis in dairy cows during the peripartum

Anaplasma marginale is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas around the world. Some studies have suggested that cows during peripartum may present a transient immunosuppression state and development of clinical signs of anaplasmosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some risk factors and the seroprevalence of A. marginale in dairy cows during peripartum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The risk factors analyzed in association with the prevalence of antibodies against A. marginale in dairy cows were calving season, reproductive experience, breed standard, tick infestations, stocking density, and milk yield. The antibodies against A. marginale were tested in indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. A primary screening using a 2 x k contingency table of the exposed variables with the outcomes was performed. All variables for which p < 0.20 were included in a fixed effects log regression. The risk factors investigated to anaplasmosis were calving (OR 2.61, IC 1.08-7.63), breed standard (OR 3.83, IC 0.08-0.28), reproductive experience (OR 33.7, IC 2.14-5.16), milk yield (OR 3.9, IC 2.24-7.03), Rhipicephalus microplus infestations (OR 10.3, IC 0.05-0.17), and stocking density (OR 22.3, IC 0.05-0.17). Low titers of antibodies against A. marginale during peripartum had been characterized as a period previous to development of clinical anaplasmosis. Thus, studies on anaplasmosis should consider each farm as an epidemiological unit, where environmental and immunological factors may influence the endemic status of the pathogen.

Productive and reproductive traits in Murrah breed from Brazil

Major objective of this study was to estimate heritability and genetic correlations between milk yield (MY) and calving interval (CI) and lactation length (LL) in Murrah buffaloes using Bayesian inference. The database used belongs to the genetic improvement program of four buffalo herds from Brazil. To obtain the estimates of variance and covariance, bivariate analyses were performed with the Gibbs sampler, using the program MTGSAM. The heritability coefficient estimates were 0.28, 0.03 and 0.15 for MY, CI and LL, respectively. The genetic correlations between MY and LL was moderate (0.48). However, the genetic correlation between MY and CI showed large HPD regions (highest posterior density interval). Milk yield was the only trait with clear potential for genetic improvement by direct mass selection. The genetic correlation between MY-LL indicates that indirect selection using milk yield is a potentially beneficial strategy. The interpretation of the estimated genetic correlation between MY-CI is difficult and could be spurious.

Temperamento de búfalas em lactação e suas relações com o uso do espaço e a produção e qualidade do leite

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Cana-de-açúcar hidrolisada para vacas em lactação

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Análise da heterocedasticidade em bubalinos utilizando informações genômicas

Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento Animal - FCAV

Doenças metabólicas do periparto em bovinos leiteiros

Peripartum or Transition Period is, generally, defined as the period between three weeks pre-calving and three weeks after calving. It is a critical and crucial stage to the cow’s health and to economic profitability during the lactation. During this phase the cows experience several changes that prepare them to calve and milk yield. These changes contribute to metabolic disorders’ incidence, and can lead to reproductive function and milk yield reduction, and increase the herd’s disposal. This paper aimed to review the peripartum metabolic diseases, which includes Ketosis, Hypocalcemia, Hepatic Steatosis, Ruminal Acidosis and Lameness

O pós-operatório de cesariana em vacas

The aim of this review was to evaluate the effects of cesarean sections in cows, furthermore establish the effects of this surgery with subsequent complications, such as mortality, reproductive performance and milk yield, leading owner economical falls. One case report is included on the discussion