Avaliação dos valores séricos e hepáticos de elementos minerais em novilhas nelore, criadas extensivamente, suplementadas com mistura mineral comercial

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Níveis de óleos essenciais na dieta de bovinos de corte terminados em confinamento: desempenho, características da carcaça e qualidade da carne

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Suplementação de ácidos graxos poli-insaturados protegidos no desempenho e respostas imunológicas de bovinos nelores confinados

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Isótopos estáveis de carbono em estudo com bovinos de corte em pastejo, suplementados no período da seca

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Simbióticos e ionóforo em dietas para bovinos mestiços Angus: desempenho, características de carcaça e qualidade de carne

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito das frequências de alimentação sobre o desempenho, características de carcaça e saúde ruminal de bovinos nelore confinados

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

Detecting Loci under Recent Positive Selection in Dairy and Beef Cattle by Combining Different Genome-Wide Scan Methods

As the methodologies available for the detection of positive selection from genomic data vary in terms of assumptions and execution, weak correlations are expected among them. However, if there is any given signal that is consistently supported across different methodologies, it is strong evidence that the locus has been under past selection. In this paper, a straightforward frequentist approach based on the Stouffer Method to combine P-values across different tests for evidence of recent positive selection in common variations, as well as strategies for extracting biological information from the detected signals, were described and applied to high density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data generated from dairy and beef cattle (taurine and indicine). The ancestral Bovinae allele state of over 440,000 SNP is also reported. Using this combination of methods, highly significant (P<3.17×10-7) population-specific sweeps pointing out to candidate genes and pathways that may be involved in beef and dairy production were identified. The most significant signal was found in the Cornichon homolog 3 gene (CNIH3) in Brown Swiss (P = 3.82×10-12), and may be involved in the regulation of pre-ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge. Other putative pathways under selection are the glucolysis/gluconeogenesis, transcription machinery and chemokine/cytokine activity in Angus; calpain-calpastatin system and ribosome biogenesis in Brown Swiss; and gangliosides deposition in milk fat globules in Gyr. The composite method, combined with the strategies applied to retrieve functional information, may be a useful tool for surveying genome-wide selective sweeps and providing insights in to the source of selection.

Post-partum anoestrus in tropical beef cattle: A systems approach combining gene expression and genome-wide association results

The length of the post-partum anoestrous interval affects reproductive efficiency in many tropical beef cattle herds. In this study, results from genome-wide association studies (Experiment 1: GWAS) and gene expression (Experiment 2: microarray) were combined in a systems approach to reveal genetic markers, genes and pathways underlying the physiology of post-partum anoestrus in tropically adapted cattle. The microarray study measured the expression of 13,964 genes in the hypothalamus of Brahman cows. A total of 366 genes were differentially expressed (DE) in the post-partum period, when acyclic cows were compared to cows that had resumed ovarian cycles. Associated markers (P < 0.05) from a high density GWAS pointed to 2829 genes that were associated with post-partum anoestrous interval (PPAI) in two populations of beef cattle: Brahman and Tropical composite. Together the experiments provided evidence for 63 genes that are likely to influence the resumption of ovulation post-partum in tropically adapted beef cattle. Functional annotation analysis revealed that some of the 63 genes have known roles in hormonal activity, energy balance and neuronal synapse plasticity. Polymorphisms within candidate genes identified by this systems approach could have biological significance in post-partum anoestrus and help select Zebu (Bos indicus) influenced cattle with genetic potential for shorter post-partum anoestrus. Crown Copyright (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype block structure in a composite beef cattle breed

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Suplementação no período das águas de bovinos e bubalinos recriados em pastagem de capim-xaraés (Urochloa brizantha Syn. Brachiaria brizantha cv. Xaraés)

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Protocolos e durações de adaptação às dietas com alta inclusão de concentrados para bovinos Nelore confinados

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Padrão de deposição de tecidos muscular e adiposo de bovinos Nelore castrados e não- castrados suplementados com cloridrato e zilpaterol

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Uso de cloridrato de zilpaterol em dietas para bovinos nelore confinados

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Frequências de alimentação sobre o comportamento ingestivo, digestibilidade do amido e flutuação de consumo em bovinos Nelore confinados

Pós-graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia Animal - FEIS