Genetic associations between temperament and performance traits in Nellore beef cattle

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorSant'Anna, A. C.
dc.creatorBaldi, F.
dc.creatorValente, T. S.
dc.creatorAlbuquerque, L. G.
dc.creatorMenezes, L. M.
dc.creatorBoligon, A. A.
dc.creatorParanhos da Costa, M. J. R.
dc.date2015-10-22T07:15:58Z
dc.date2016-10-25T21:16:34Z
dc.date2015-10-22T07:15:58Z
dc.date2016-10-25T21:16:34Z
dc.date2015-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T09:15:39Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T09:15:39Z
dc.identifierJournal Of Animal Breeding And Genetics. Hoboken: Wiley-blackwell, v. 132, n. 1, p. 42-50, 2015.
dc.identifier0931-2668
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/129826
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/129826
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12117
dc.identifierWOS:000348670800006
dc.identifierhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbg.12117/abstract
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/940380
dc.descriptionThe aim of this study was to estimate genetic associations between temperament and performance traits. Temperament was evaluated in yearling male and female Nellore cattle, using four traits: temperament score (TS), for assessing animals'reactions in a corral pen (n=25691); movement score (MOV), for animals'movements recorded inside the crush; crush score (CS), for animal's general reactivity inside the crush; and flight speed (FS), for the speed (in m/s) at which the animals exited the crush (n=11697, for the last three methods); for all the temperament traits, lower scores indicate animals with calmer temperament. Performance traits were visual scores for conformation (C), finishing precocity (P) and muscling (M) evaluated at yearlings, and average daily gain (ADG) was estimated from weaning to yearling. Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling was applied to estimate (co)variance components and genetic and phenotypic parameters. Heritability estimates for the temperament traits ranged from 0.07 (CS) to 0.28 (FS). Genetic correlations of the temperament traits with ADG and C, P and M were negative and ranged from -0.02 to -0.31. Phenotypic correlations were negative and consistently lower than the genetic, ranging from -0.08 to -0.02. It was concluded that the temperament traits assessed had favourable genetic correlation estimates with the performance traits studied. However, indirect responses in temperament when selecting for higher ADG and visual scoring system of C, P and M, will be low.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.relationJournal Of Animal Breeding And Genetics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectBehaviour
dc.subjectconformation
dc.subjectflight speed
dc.subjectreactivity
dc.subjectweight gain
dc.titleGenetic associations between temperament and performance traits in Nellore beef cattle
dc.typeOtro


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