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Growth curves and
zoometric measures
from birth to
slaughter bulls
Bos
taurus / Bos indicus
grazing in the Mexican
tropics
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Julio César Vinay-Vadillo1, Benjamín
Alfredo Piña-Cárdenas1, José Javier G. Cantón-Castillo3
Gwendolyne Peraza-Mercado2 and Jorge Hernández-Bautista4 |
[1]Campo Experimental La Posta. Instituto
Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias.
Medellín Veracruz. México; 2Universidad
Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas,
Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua,
México;
3Campo Experimental Mococha. Instituto Nacional de
Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Mococha. Mérida.
México; 4Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.
Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca.
Oaxaca,
México
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Abstract |
The objectives of this study
were to analyze body measurements of 75 crossbred bulls Holstein/Zebu
(Ho/Z), and Brown Swiss/Zebu (BS/Z) grazing tropical forage species at
two Experimental Stations
La Posta
(LP) and Matías Romero (MR), to determine the model or function that
best fit at growth in two genetic groups, evaluate the performance in
their zoometric measures in two localities and determination the body
conformation variables that best estimate the hot carcass weight. In order to model
the growth curves Gompertz and
Logistic mathematical
functions were used and the
changes occurred in body
shape over time were recorded.
The model that best fit was
associated with (Gompertz)
growth parameters that were
similar between genetic groups
Ho/Z and BS/Z.
The body conformation
increased over time and
was homogeneous between the
crosses of both localities,
but higher in the BS/Z
groups from MR after 24 months of age.
Variables such as final
weight, body length,
shoulder width and
height at wither,
allowed significantly to
estimate the hot carcass
weight of crossbred
bulls kept on
extensive grazing in the Mexican tropic.
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Keywords:
Growth curve; logistic; Gompertz; crossbred bulls;
zoometric measures |
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To cite this article:
JC Vinay-Vadillo, BA
Piña-Cárdenas, JJG Cantón-Castillo, G Peraza-Mercado and J
Hernández-Bautista, 2014.
Growth curves and
zoometric measures
from birth to
slaughter bulls
Bos
taurus / Bos indicus
grazing in the Mexican
tropics.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(12): 676-683. |
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