29 research outputs found

    Valores econômicos para características produtivas de ovinos: desenvolvimento de objetivos e critérios de seleção em sistemas de produção baseados em pastagem nativa no bioma Pampa do Brasil.

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    Resumo: O presente estudo visa contribuir para o desenvolvimento de programas de melhoramento genético estimando ponderadores econômicos para características produtivas em ovinos criados no sul do Brasil. Foi desenvolvido modelo bio-econômico baseado nos sistemas de produção, por meio de entrevistas com produtores, revisão bibliográfica e análises do mercado atual. Foram calculados os valores econômicos para as características características reprodutivas, de sobrevivência, crescimento, lã, sanidade e de carcaça. As características de maior importância econômica foram Taxa de Parição, Prolificidade, Mortalidade dos cordeiros e Número de partos por ano, com ponderadores econômicos estimados de 0,85 e -0,85. Embora as características reprodutivas tenham baixa herdabilidade, dada à importância econômica, justifica-se o investimento na seleção de animais geneticamente superiores nas mesmas, uma vez que estas características representaram uma importância de 25, 82, 76, 99 e 49% a mais que o grupo das características de sobrevivência, crescimento, lã e sanidade, respectivamente. Economic values for traits of sheep: Influence on the objectives and criteria for selection in production systems based on native pasture in the Pampa biome of Brazil. Abstract: The present study aims to contribute to the development of breeding programs estimate economic weights for traits in sheep reared in southern Brazil. Model bio-economic was developed based on the production systems, trough interviews with producers, literature review and analysis of the current market. Values were calculated for the economic characteristics reproductive traits, survival, growth, wool, health and carcass. The major characters of economic importance were calving rate, litter size, mortality of lambs and number of births per year, with estimated economic weights of 0,85 and -0,85. Although reproductive traits have low heritability, given the economic importance justified the investment in the selection of genetically superior animals in them, since these characteristics represented an amount of 25, 82, 76, 99 and 49% more than the characteristics of survival, growth, wool and health, respectively

    Distribuição de rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus em diferentes regiões corporais de bovinos resistentes e suscetíveis ao carrapato.

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    Objetivou-se investigar diferenças na distribuição de carrapatos sobre regiões corporais de bovinos geneticamente resistentes ou sensíveis ao parasito. Participaram das avaliações 40 fêmeas da raça Braford previamente classificadas quanto à resistência e expostas a quatro infestações artificiais. Os dois grupos foram eficientes em limitar a frequência de larvas na região mediana, concentrando a quantidade de carrapatos na região posterior. Animais resistentes foram mais eficientes que os sensíveis em limitar a frequência dos carrapatos na região anterior e apresentaram maior frequência de carrapatos na região posterior que os hospedeiros suscetíveis

    Estimation of linkage disequilibrium, persistence of phase and effective population size of Brazilian Hereford and Braford breeds.

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    A set of 41,241 SNP genotypes from 2,435 Hereford (HH) and Braford (BO) bovines were analyzed to estimate linkage disequilibrium (LD) levels, persistence of phase and effective population size of these populations. LD levels were estimated using the squared correlation of alleles at two loci (r2) at varying distances. Average r2 between adjacent SNP was 0.21 for HH and 0.16 for BO. Average inter-marker distance was 61 kb in both breeds. Useful LD values (r2>0.2) were observed at 0-60 kb bins in HH and 0-20 kb bins in BO. Breeds demonstrated moderate to strong persistence of phase at all distances (range=0.53- 0.97). The greatest phase correlations (r>0.9) were found in 0-50 kb bins. LD estimates decreased rapidly with increasing distances between SNPs, however, useful LD was observed in genomic regions spanning up to ~50 kb

    Estimation of linkage disequilibrium, persistence of phase and effective population size of Brazilian Hereford and Braford breeds.

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    A set of 41,241 SNP genotypes from 2,435 Hereford (HH) and Braford (BO) bovines were analyzed to estimate linkage disequilibrium (LD) levels, persistence of phase and effective population size of these populations. LD levels were estimated using the squared correlation of alleles at two loci (r2) at varying distances. Average r2 between adjacent SNP was 0.21 for HH and 0.16 for BO. Average inter-marker distance was 61 kb in both breeds. Useful LD values (r2>0.2) were observed at 0-60 kb bins in HH and 0-20 kb bins in BO. Breeds demonstrated moderate to strong persistence of phase at all distances (range=0.53-0.97). The greatest phase correlations (r>0.9) were found in 0-50 kb bins. LD estimates decreased rapidly with increasing distances between SNPs, however, useful LD was observed in genomic regions spanning up to ~50 kb
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