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. 2022 Mar;139(2):170-180.
doi: 10.1111/jbg.12652. Epub 2021 Oct 31.

Economic values of reproductive, growth, feed efficiency and carcass traits in Nellore cattle

Flávia M Souza  1   2 , Fernando B Lopes  3   4 , Guilherme J M Rosa  5 , Cláudio U Magnabosco  3
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Economic values of reproductive, growth, feed efficiency and carcass traits in Nellore cattle

Flávia M Souza et al. J Anim Breed Genet. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

A bioeconomic model was developed to calculate the economic value (ev) of reproductive and growth performance, feed efficiency and carcass traits of a seedstock Nellore herd. Data from a full-cycle cattle operation (1,436 dams) located in the Brazilian Cerrado were assessed. The ev was calculated by the difference in profit before and after one-unit improvement in the trait, with others remaining unchanged. The ev was standardized by the phenotypic standard deviation of each trait. Preweaning average daily gain (ADG) was the most economically important trait evaluated (R$ 58.04/animal/year), followed by age at first calving (R$ 44.35), postweaning ADG (R$ 31.43), weight at 450 days (R$ 25.36), accumulated productivity (R$ 21.43), ribeye area (R$ 21.35), calving interval (R$ 19.97), feed efficiency (R$ 15.24), carcass dressing per cent (R$ 8.27), weight at 120 days (R$ 6.22), weight at 365 days (R$ 6.06), weight at weaning (210 days, R$ 5.82), stayability (R$ 5.70) and the probability of early calving (R$ 0.32). The effects of all traits on profits are evidence that their selection may result in the economic and genetic progress of the herd if there is genetic variability.

Keywords: Nellore cattle; bioeconomic model; economic value; feed efficiency; performance traits; seedstock operation.

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