Genetics of growth, carcass and meat quality in rabbits.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.06.030
Abstract: This paper reviews the current knowledge on the genetics of growth, carcass and meat traits in rabbits. There is a great variety in size of rabbit breeds, from which commercial production uses medium size breeds… read more here.
Keywords: genetics growth; growth carcass; genetics; carcass meat ... See more keywords
Detection of candidate genes for growth and carcass traits using genome-wide association strategy in Chinese Simmental beef cattle
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DOI: 10.1071/an16165
Abstract: In Chinese beef cattle industry, there are more than 60 million livestock, nearly half of which are Chinese Simmental beef cattle or Simmental crossbreds. Over the past decades, numerous quantitative trait loci for economic traits… read more here.
Keywords: carcass traits; beef cattle; growth carcass;
A novel 86-bp indel of the motilin receptor gene is significantly associated with growth and carcass traits in Gushi-Anka F2 reciprocal cross chickens
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DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2019.1655710
Abstract: ABSTRACT 1. A previous whole-genome association analysis has identified the motilin receptor gene (MLNR), which regulates gastrointestinal motility and gastric emptying, as a candidate gene related to chicken growth. 2. MLNR mRNA was expressed in… read more here.
Keywords: growth carcass; motilin receptor; receptor gene; gene ... See more keywords
Genetic and phenotypic associations of mitochondrial DNA copy number, SNP, and haplogroups with growth and carcass traits in beef cattle.
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DOI: 10.1093/jas/skac415
Abstract: Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA CN) is heritable and easily obtained from low-pass sequencing (LPS). This study investigated the genetic correlation of mtDNA CN with growth and carcass traits in a multi-breed and crossbred beef… read more here.
Keywords: growth; growth carcass; carcass traits; mitochondrial dna ... See more keywords
Genetic association between different criteria to define sexual precocious heifers with growth, carcass, reproductive and feed efficiency indicator traits in Nellore cattle using genomic information
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DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12366
Abstract: The aim of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for different precocious calving criteria and their relationship with reproductive, growth, carcass and feed efficiency in Nellore cattle using the single-step genomic BLUP. The reproductive… read more here.
Keywords: growth carcass; nellore cattle; feed; growth ... See more keywords
Short Communication: Polymorphism at third exon of the Myostatin gene and its association with growth and carcass traits in Batur sheep
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DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d210534
Abstract: Abstract. Haren HIH, Purwantini D, Sumaryadi MY, Prayitno. 2020. Short Communication: Polymorphism at third exon of the Myostatin gene and its association with growth and carcass traits in Batur sheep. Biodiversitas 21: 2074-2078. The present… read more here.
Keywords: batur sheep; growth carcass; association; gene ... See more keywords
Phenotypic association between feed efficiency and feeding behavior, growth and carcass traits in Senepol cattle
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DOI: 10.1590/s1806-92902017000100008
Abstract: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between feed efficiency and feeding behavior, growth and carcass traits in Senepol cattle. A total of 137 animals were evaluated. Of these animals, 36… read more here.
Keywords: behavior growth; growth carcass; feeding behavior; efficiency feeding ... See more keywords
Effect of yeast based mannan oligosaccharide (Actigen™) supplementation on growth, carcass characteristics and physiological response in broiler chickens
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DOI: 10.18805/ijar.b-923
Abstract: The effect of a prebiotic mannan oligosaccharides (Actigen™) supplementation for 35 days was analyzed on growth, carcass traits and blood physiology of broilers. A total of 360-day-old broilers distributed under completely randomized design into four… read more here.
Keywords: growth; actigen supplementation; response; growth carcass ... See more keywords
Whole genomic prediction of growth and carcass traits in a Chinese quality chicken population.
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DOI: 10.2527/jas.2016.0823
Abstract: By incorporating high-density markers into breeding value prediction models, the whole genomic prediction (WGP) method can effectively accelerate genetic improvement in livestock breeding. However, the performance of WGP varies across species and populations and is… read more here.
Keywords: genomic prediction; growth carcass; whole genomic; traits chinese ... See more keywords