supported by Grant no.2017-67007-26143 from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of USDA-NIFA;the L.E.“Red” Larson Endowment and Florida Cattleman’s Association;supported by USDA NIFA grant 2021-38420-34067。
Background In beef cattle, more than 50% of the energy input to produce a unit of beef is consumed by the female that produced the calf. Development of genomic tools to identify females with high genetic merit for rep...
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and cost per gain of Brahman × local crossbred bull calves receiving three diets with varying concentrate to roughage ratio (C:R) of 75:25, 65:35 an...
Chemical composition of Brahman cattle was studied and determined in this study. Fifty males had been castrated at birth, farmed semi-intensively on the Venezuelan plain and then slaughtered at the age of 31 months wi...
This study aimed to investigate the effect of castration on the sensory and instrumental qualities of the longisssimus dorsi muscle of Brahman. Fifty animals (25 Brahman castrated and 25 uncastrated) were fed with f...