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Cattle Genomics: Aurochs Admixture in East Asia
Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
James A. Ward, David E. MacHugh
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of XGBoost and LightGBM algorithms for the purpose of live weight estimation in Holstein × Zebu crossbred heifers. In the analysis performed with a large biometric dataset, both models provided high accuracy, with the XGBoost algorithm standing out with R2 = 0.999 in the training set and R2 = 0.986 in the test set.
Jose Herrera‐Camacho+8 more
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Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are continuous homozygous segments of the DNA sequence. They have been applied to quantify individual autozygosity and used as a potential inbreeding measure in livestock species.
E. Peripolli+9 more
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Experimental Determination of Labidus coecus Army Ant Diet: Novel Evidence for a Feeding Strategy
Labidus coecus coffee shop experiment – faced with three choices—beef, fish, and apple with honey—the ants mainly chose beef. ABSTRACT Army ants prey mainly on invertebrates, occasionally attacking vertebrates. However, it remains unclear whether these attacks are defensive or for consumption.
Raquel Leite Castro de Lima+4 more
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Expressão de genes ligados à maciez da carne em bovinos da raça Nelore. [PDF]
Dentre as características da carne, a maciez é a mais desejada pelo consumidor. Bovinos de origem Bos taurus indicus são conhecidos por produzirem carne de menor maciez quando comparado às raças de origem taurina.
CARVALHO, M. E.+5 more
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Implementing Bos Indicus-Influenced Cattle in Utah for Hybrid Vigor [PDF]
Crossbreeding is a tool that cattle producers have used for decades. Hybrid vigor is one of the products of crossing breeding. One way to maximize hybrid vigor is by introducing Bos indicus genetics in a herd.
Briggs, Reganne K., Garcia, Matthew D.
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The Vertebrate Breed Ontology: Toward Effective Breed Data Standardization
ABSTRACT Background Limited universally‐adopted data standards in veterinary medicine hinder data interoperability and therefore integration and comparison; this ultimately impedes the application of existing information‐based tools to support advancement in diagnostics, treatments, and precision medicine.
Kathleen R. Mullen+15 more
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Studies on restricted suckling in dual purpose and dairy breed cattle in Mexico [PDF]
The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of rearing calves by restricted suckling (RS) compared to artificial rearing (AR) in dual purpose and dairy breed cattle in Mexico, milked once or three times a day, respectively.
Fröberg, Sofie
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To evaluate how the inclusion of Bos indicus genotype influences early fetal development in cattle, a reciprocal embryo transfer approach was used in a completely randomized design with a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments to generate 55 ...
P. Fontes+12 more
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Abstract This Scientific Opinion provides an assessment of beef cattle welfare focusing on risks related to flooring, water access, nutrition and feeding, high environmental temperatures, lack of environmental enrichment, lack of outdoor access, minimum space allowance and mixing practices. In addition, risks related to pasture and feedlots, weaning of
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)+27 more
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