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The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of inbreeding depression on traits of buffaloes from Brazil. Specifically, the traits studied were body weight at 205 and 365 days of age, average daily gain from birth to 205 days (ADG_205), average daily gain between 205 and 365 days (ADG205_365) in Mediterranean buffaloes, and milk yield, lactation length, age of first calving and calving intervals in Murrah buffaloes. Inbreeding effects on the traits were determined by fitting four regression models (linear, quadratic, exponential and Michaelis-Menten) about the errors generated by the animal model. The linear model was only significant (P<0.05) for growth traits (exception of ADG205_365). The exponential and Michaelis-Menten models were significant (P<0.01) for all the studied traits while the quadratic model was not significant (P>0.05) for any of the traits. Weight at 205 and 365 days of age decreased 0.25kg and 0.39kg per 1% of increase in inbreeding, respectively. The inbred animals (F=0.25) produced less milk than non-inbred individuals: 50.4kg of milk. Moreover, calving interval increased 0.164 days per 1% of increase in inbreeding. Interestingly, inbreeding had a positive effect on age at first calving and lactation length, decreasing age of first calving and increasing lactation length. © 2012 Japanese Society of Animal Science.

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Phenotypic data from female Canchim beef cattle were used to obtain estimates of genetic parameters for reproduction and growth traits using a linear animal mixed model. In addition, relationships among animal estimated breeding values (EBVs) for these traits were explored using principal component analysis. The traits studied in female Canchim cattle were age at first calving (AFC), age at second calving (ASC), calving interval (CI), and bodyweight at 420 days of age (BW420). The heritability estimates for AFC, ASC, CI and BW420 were 0.03±0.01, 0.07±0.01, 0.06±0.02, and 0.24±0.02, respectively. The genetic correlations for AFC with ASC, AFC with CI, AFC with BW420, ASC with CI, ASC with BW420, and CI with BW420 were 0.87±0.07, 0.23±0.02, -0.15±0.01, 0.67±0.13, -0.07±0.13, and 0.02±0.14, respectively. Standardised EBVs for AFC, ASC and CI exhibited a high association with the first principal component, whereas the standardised EBV for BW420 was closely associated with the second principal component. The heritability estimates for AFC, ASC and CI suggest that these traits would respond slowly to selection. However, selection response could be enhanced by constructing selection indices based on the principal components. © CSIRO 2013.

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The gene responsible for coding the leptin hormone has been associated with productive and reproductive traits in cattle. In dairy cattle, different polymorphisms found in the leptin gene have been associated with several traits of economic interest, such as energy balance, milk yield and composition, live weight, fertility and dry matter consumption. The aim of this study was to detect genetic variability in the leptin gene of buffaloes and to test possible associations with milk yield, fat and protein percentages, age at first calving and first calving interval. Three genotypes (AA, AG and GG) were identified by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, which presented genotypic frequencies of 0.30, 0.54 and 0.16, respectively. The allele frequencies were 0.57 for the A allele and 0.43 for the G allele. No significant effects were found in the present study, but there is an indicative that leptin gene affects lipid metabolism. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

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Verificar a influência de fatores do meio ambiente sobre características de produção e reprodução em grupos genéticos de bovinos leiteiros explorados em algumas fazendas nos municípios de Irituia e Mãe do rio no Nordeste Paraense. Foi utilizada uma média de 454 animais em lactação mestiças de Holandês, Pardo-Suíça e Girolando pertencentes a duas fazendas com sistema de criação semi-intensivo na época menos chuvosa. As médias e desvio-padrão para produção de leite total foram iguais a 1097,36 ± 330,47 Kg, com coeficiente de variação igual a 25,64% sendo que o grupo genético Holandesa, a época de parto menos chuvosa e o ano de 2007 apresentaram maior produção. O período de lactação apresentou efeito linear e crescente sobre a produção de leite total. O período de lactação apresentou média e desvio-padrão iguais a 218,17 ± 43,17 dias, a maior média para o período de lactação foi observada na época mais chuvosa e a média do período de lactação diminuiu no decorrer dos anos 2007 e 2008. A média e desvio padrão de intervalo entre partos encontrado no rebanho foi igual a 398,975 ± 60,85 dias. A época menos chuvosa apresentou uma média de intervalo entre partos menor que época mais chuvosa e a média de intervalo entre partos foi reduzindo a partir de 2006. A média de idade ao primeiro parto encontrado foi de 38,57 ± 5,81 meses. Os coeficientes de determinação foram maiores que 0,85 (R2a > 0,85), sendo que para o grupo genético Holandesa, os ajustes foram melhores em relação aos ajustes dos outros dois grupos genéticos. Para o grupo genético Girolando, o formato da curva de lactação diferiu dos outros dois grupos genéticos dificultando o ajuste pelas funções Gama Incompleta, Linear Hiperbólica e Polinomial Inversa. Os ajustes promovidos pela função polinomial inversa apresentaram ligeiro desvio em relação às outras duas funções. O grupo genético Holandesa apresentou produção ao pico e persistência um pouco mais elevados em relação aos outros grupos genéticos.

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O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar parâmetros genéticos para características produtivas, tais como: produção de leite (PL), produção de gordura (PG), duração da lactação (DL) e produção de leite por dia de intervalo de parto (PLDIDP) em búfalos (Bubalus bubalis) na Amazônia Oriental. O trabalho foi realizado na fazenda “Dr. Felisberto Camargo” de propriedade da EMBRAPA/CPATU, onde foram analisados registros produtivos colhidos no período compreendido entre 1967 a 2005. Foram analisados um total de 1.182 registros de fêmeas bubalinas da raça Murrah e seus mestiços. As médias observadas e os desvios-padrãopara PL, PG, DL e PLDIDP foram 1.663,84 ±343,60, 116,84 ±29,71, 269,89 ±56,36 e 3,88 ±1,15 respectivamente. Os parâmetros genéticos foram estimados por meio do método de Máxima Verossimilhança Restrita processada por meio de análises de bicaracterísticas, sendo as características como a produção de leite e gordura consideradas como efeitos fixos a época de parto, grupo genético e ordem de parto do animal, além da cováriavel duração da lactação. As estimativas de herdabilidade (h²) encontrada para as características PL, PG, DL e PLDIDP foram 0,25, 0,18, 0,08 e 0,09 respectivamente, com repetibilidade (r) para PL, PG e DL de 0,33, 0,29 e 0,10 respectivamente. As correlações genéticas entre as características foram 0,93(PL-PG), 0,76 (PL-DL), 0,99 (PL-PLDIDP), 0,89 (PG-DL), 0,87 (PG-PLDIDP) e -0,27 (DLPLDIDP). No rebanho estudado existe expressiva percentagem de animais que foram superiores geneticamente em relação à média da população para as características. Existe considerável variabilidade genética aditiva para as características estudadas, sendo que esta variabilidade pode ser utilizada para promover o melhoramento genético do rebanho.

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Dados de 1.182 registros de produção de fêmeas bubalinas da raça Murrah e seus mestiços, parindo no período de 1967 a 2005, foram utilizados para estimação de parâmetros genéticos utilizando-se o método de máxima verossimilhança restrita. O modelo animal utilizado para estimação de componentes de variância incluiu os efeitos fixos de rebanho, ano e época de parto, ordem de parto e duração da lactação e os efeitos aleatórios do animal, e ambiente permanente e temporário. As estimativas de herdabilidade foram 0,25, 0,18, 0,08 e 0,09, para produção de leite, produção de gordura, duração da lactação e produção de leite por dia de intervalo de parto, respectivamente. As estimativas de repetibilidade foram 0,33, 0,29 e 0,10 para produção de leite, produção de gordura e duração da lactação, respectivamente. As correlações genéticas entre produções de leite e gordura, produção de leite com duração da lactação, produção de leite com produção de leite por dia de intervalo de partos, produção da gordura com duração da lactação, produção de gordura com produção de leite por dia de intervalo de partos e duração da lactação com produção de leite por dia de intervalo de partos foram 0,93; 0,76; 0,99; 0,89; 0,87 e -0,27, respectivamente. Os resultados demonstram que ganhos genéticos podem ser obtidos pela seleção das produções de leite e gordura.

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The objective of the study was to estimate heritability for calving interval (CI) and age at first calving (AFC) and also calculate repeatability for CI in buffaloes using Bayesian inference. The Brazilian Buffaloes Genetic Improvement Program provided the database. Data consists on information from 628 females and four different herds, born between 1980 and 2003. In order to estimate the variance, univariate analyses were performed employing Gibbs sampler procedure included in the MTGSAM software. The model for CI included the random effects direct additive and permanent environment factors, and the fixed effects of contemporary groups and calving orders. The model for AFC included the direct additive random effect and contemporary groups as a fixed effect. The convergence diagnosis was obtained using Geweke that was implemented through the Bayesian Output Analysis package in R software. The estimated averages were 433.2 days and 36.7months for CI and AFC, respectively. The means, medians and modes for the calculated heritability coefficients were similar. The heritability coefficients were 0.10 and 0.42 for CI and AFC respectively, with a posteriori marginal density that follows a normal distribution for both traits. The repeatability for CI was 0.13. The low heritability estimated for CI indicates that the variation in this trait is, to a large extent, influenced by environmental factors such as herd management policies. The age at first calving has clear potential for yield improvement through direct selection in these animals.

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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.

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Knowing the genetic parameters of productive and reproductive traits in milking buffaloes is essential for planning and implementing of a program genetic selection. In Brazil, this information is still scarce. The objective of this study was to verify the existence of genetic variability in milk yield of buffaloes and their constituents, and reproductive traits for the possibility of application of the selection. A total of 9,318 lactations records from 3,061 cows were used to estimate heritabilities for milk yield (MY), fat percentage (%F), protein percentage (%P), length of lactation (LL), age of first calving (AFC) and calving interval (CI) and the genetic correlations among traits MY, %F and %P. The (co) variance components were estimated using multiple-trait analysis by Bayesian inference method, applying an animal model, through Gibbs sampling. The model included the fixed effects of contemporary groups (herd-year and calving season), number of milking (2 levels), and age of cow at calving as (co) variable (quadratic and linear effect). The additive genetic, permanent environmental, and residual effects were included as random effects in the model. Estimated heritability values for MY, % F, % P, LL, AFC and CI were 0.24, 0.34, 0.40, 0.09, 0.16 and 0.05, respectively. The genetic correlation estimates among MY and % F, MY and % P and % F and % P were -0.29, -0.18 and 0.25, respectively. The production of milk and its constituents showed enough genetic variation to respond to a selection program. Negative estimates of genetic correlations between milk production and its components suggest that selection entails a reduction in the other.

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Objective. Assessment of genetic parameters for accumulative productivity trait (ACP) and genetic correlations with age at first calving (AFC), between calving interval of first and second parity (BCI1) and longevity (LONG). Materials and methods. 8584 Brahman female records were used with an animal model in multi-trait analysis with restricted maximum likelihood method, implemented using the WOMBAT software. The models considered the fixed effects of contemporary group, parity and weaning weight of first calf covariate, the only random effect was the genetic additive direct. Weaning weight (P240) was included to reduce the effect of selection on the estimation of variance components. Results. The heritability estimates were 0.3 +/- 0.04, 0.11 +/- 0.03, 0.07 +/- 0.03 and 0.24 +/- 0.04 for AFC, BCI1, LONG and ACP respectively. Correlations between ACP and the other features were moderate to high and favorable. Conclusions. ACP can be included in breeding programs for Brahman, and used as selection criteria for its moderate heritability and genetic correlation with reproductive traits.

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Pós-graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia Animal - FEIS