SynthesisJournal of animal science2019
Heterosis in cattle crossbreeding schemes in tropical regions: meta-analysis of effects of breed combination, trait type, and climate on level of heterosis.
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- Breed-specific heterosis for growth and carcass traits in 18 U.S. cattle breeds.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Raising double-muscled breed cattle and their crossbreds in the tropics: insight from growth models.Veterinary world · 2024Article
- Hybridization promotes growth performance by altering rumen microbiota and metabolites in sheep.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Investigating the impact of non-additive genetic effects in the estimation of variance components and genomic predictions for heat tolerance and performance traits in crossbred and purebred pig populations.BMC genomic data · 2023Article
- Historical Evolution of Cattle Management and Herd Health of Dairy Farms in OECD Countries.Veterinary sciences · 2022Review
- Daily vaginal temperature in Girolando cows from three different genetic composition under natural heat stress.Translational animal science · 2021Article
- Cellular and Molecular Insights Into the Etiology of Subfertility/Infertility in Crossbred Bulls (Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Comparative Transcriptome Profiling Analysis Uncovers Novel Heterosis-Related Candidate Genes Associated with Muscular Endurance in Mules.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of animal trait, breed combination, and climate on the expressed levels of heterosis in crossbreeding schemes using tropical cattle. A meta-analysis of 42 studies was carried out with 518 heterosis estimates. In total, 62.5% of estimates were found to be significantly different from zero, the majority of which (89.8%) were beneficial for the studied trait. Trait and breed combination were shown to have a significant effect on the size of heterosis (P < 0.001 and P = 0.044, respectively). However, climate did not have a significant effect. Health, longevity, and milk production traits showed the highest heterosis (31.84 ± 10.73%, 35.13 ± 14.35%, and 35.15 ± 3.29%, respectively), whereas fertility, growth, and maternal traits showed moderate heterosis (12.02 ± 4.10%, 12.25 ± 2.69%, and 15.69 ± 3.26%, respectively). Crosses between breeds from different types showed moderate to high heterosis ranging from 9.95 ± 4.53% to 19.53 ± 3.62%, whereas crosses between breeds from the same type did not express heterosis that was significantly different from zero. These results show that heterosis has significant and favorable impact on productivity of cattle farming in tropical production systems, particularly in terms of fitness but also milk production traits.
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