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Evaluation and prediction of scrotal circumference in beef bulls.
Menegassi, Silvio R O; Pereira, Gabriel R; McManus, Concepta; Roso, Vanerlei M; Bremm, Carolina; Koetz, Celso; Lopes, Jusecléia F; Barcellos, Júlio O J.
Afiliação
  • Menegassi SRO; Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Bento Gonçalves Avenue no 7712, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  • Pereira GR; Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Bento Gonçalves Avenue no 7712, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  • McManus C; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Brasilia, Darcy Ribeiro University Campus, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
  • Roso VM; GenSys Consultores Associados S/C Ltda, Guilherme Alves Street 170, 90450-190, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  • Bremm C; Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Bento Gonçalves Avenue no 7712, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  • Koetz C; College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Northern Paraná, Paris Avenue 675, 86041-120, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Lopes JF; Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Bento Gonçalves Avenue no 7712, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  • Barcellos JOJ; Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Bento Gonçalves Avenue no 7712, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: julio.barcellos@ufrgs.br.
Theriogenology ; 140: 25-32, 2019 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31421532
Scrotal circumference (SC) is considered a useful tool for predicting age at puberty and is performed to improve the reproductive performance in beef cattle industry. We aimed to fit several nonlinear mixed models for SC measurements of five different breeds to better predict testicular growth. Data of SC (cm), body weight (BW; kg), and age (A; days), farm location, sire and dam, and birth dates of 169,094 beef bulls were collected from five breeds: Nelore (N) (n = 110,814); Angus (AA) (n = 6541); Brangus (BA) (n = 42,910); Polled Hereford and Hereford (HH) (n = 4640); and Braford (BH) (n = 7480). Data comprise a total of 8640 sires and 115,172 dams and grouped in 2908 contemporary groups (CG). The full model development for SC was defined as: SC = CG + A + A*A + BW + BW*BW + Æ. Bulls from HH (34.1 ± 3.2) and AA (33.5 ± 3.0) had the highest value of SC, followed by BH (32.2 ± 3.7), BA (30.6 ± 4.1), and N (26.9 ± 3.6). There was a curvilinear effect of BW on the SC measurements of HH and AA bulls, reaching the maximum point around 600 kg, whether both breeds presented a similar testicular growth pattern. In British breeds, inflection points of average daily SC growth of 0.039 and 0.042 cm/kg were obtained from 700 kg HH and 600 kg AA bulls, respectively. Scrotal circumference values of 0.042 and 0.046 cm/kg reaching the maximum growth point at 450 kg BW were obtained for BH and BA bulls, respectively. We also observed SC values of 0.044 and 0.048 cm/d reaching the maximum growth point at 550 d of age for BH and BA bulls, respectively. Thus, estimate testicular size at maturity should be measured between 500 and 600 kg BW in British genotypes and between 550 and 600 d in Bos indicus and crossbreeds animals. Therefore, SC adjustment can be used by breed-specific criteria associated with BW and/or age to determine testis growth as a selection criterion in beef cattle breeding programs.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Escroto / Bovinos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Theriogenology Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Escroto / Bovinos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Theriogenology Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos