ArticleJournal of animal science2020
Genetic association among feeding behavior, feed efficiency, and growth traits in growing indicine cattle.
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- Sequence-based genome-wide association study reveals genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying feed efficiency-related traits in beef cattle.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Genetic associations between pregnancy loss and economically important traits in Nellore cattle.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- Associations Between Feeding Behaviors, Residual Feed Intake, and Residual Average Daily Gain in Performance Tested Yearling Bulls and Heifers Fed a High-Forage Diet.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight and Its Stability in Huaxi Cows from Xinjiang Region.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Variable selection strategies for genomic prediction of growth and carcass related traits in experimental Nellore cattle herds under different selection criteria.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Genetic Characterisation of Feeding Patterns in Lactating Holstein Cows and Their Association With Feed Efficiency Traits.Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie · 2025Article
- Changes in feeding behavior, milk yield, serum indexes, and metabolites of dairy cows in three weeks postpartum.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Incorporating body measurement traits to increase genetic gain of feed efficiency and carcass traits in Japanese Black steers.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Detection and characterization of copy number variation in three differentially-selected Nellore cattle populations.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
- Genotype-by-environment interactions for feed efficiency traits in Nellore cattle based on bi-trait reaction norm models.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2023Article
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- Unveiling the common loci for six body measurement traits in Chinese Wenshan cattle.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
- Genetic variability in the feeding behavior of crossbred growing cattle and associations with performance and feed efficiency.Journal of animal science · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to estimate genetic parameters, including genomic data, for feeding behavior, feed efficiency, and growth traits in Nellore cattle. The following feeding behavior traits were studied (861 animals with records): time spent at the feed bunk (TF), duration of one feeding event (FD), frequency of visits to the bunk (FF), feeding rate (FR), and dry matter intake (DMI) per visit (DMIv). The feed efficiency traits (1,543 animals with records) included residual feed intake (RFI), residual weight gain (RWG), and feed conversion (FC). The growth traits studied were average daily gain (ADG, n = 1,543 animals) and selection (postweaning) weight (WSel, n = 9,549 animals). The (co)variance components were estimated by the maximum restricted likelihood method, fitting animal models that did (single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction) or did not include (best linear unbiased prediction) genomic information in two-trait analyses. The direct responses to selection were calculated for the feed efficiency traits, ADG, and WSel, as well as the correlated responses in feed efficiency and growth by direct selection for shorter TF. The estimated heritabilities were 0.51 ± 0.06, 0.35 ± 0.06, 0.27 ± 0.07, 0.34 ± 0.06, and 0.33 ± 0.06 for TF, FD, FF, FR, and DMIv, respectively. In general, TF and FD showed positive genetic correlations with all feed efficiency traits (RFI, RWG, and FC), ADG, DMI, and WSel. Additionally, TF showed high and positive genetic and phenotypic correlations with RFI (0.71 ± 0.10 and 0.46 ± 0.02, respectively) and DMI (0.56 ± 0.09 and 0.48 ± 0.03), and medium to weak genetic correlations with growth (0.32 ± 0.11 with ADG and 0.14 ± 0.09 with WSel). The results suggest that TF is a strong indicator trait of feed efficiency, which exhibits high heritability and a weak positive genetic correlation with growth. In a context of a selection index, the inclusion of TF to select animals for shorter TF may accelerate the genetic gain in feed efficiency by reducing RFI but with zero or slightly negative genetic gain in growth traits.
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