One hundred forty-four Angus male calves were assigned to one of five slaughter-age groups: 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 mo of age. After weaning, one-half of the calves within slaughter age were castrated. One-half of the 12-, 15-, 18- and 24-mo age groups of each sex were further randomly allotted to a high-energy (HE) or low-energy (LE) finishing diet. Eight bulls and eight steers assigned to the 9-...

Although interest in beef-on-dairy breeding strategies is intensifying, little actually known of the performance differences between beef-sired male and female progeny dairy cows. The objective was therefore to use a large cross-sectional database up 1,389,670 animals investigate if existed generated from matings; focus on characteristics both producer (i.e., gestation length, calving performan...

Twenty-four Swiss Large White barrows from six litters were given either ad libitum (A) or restrictive (R) access to a grower diet from 21 to 60 kg body weight (BW). At d 113 of age six pigs of the A(BW = 62 kg) and six siblings of the R-group (BW = 51 kg) were slaughtered. The remaining 12 barrows were fed a finisher diet from 60 kg BW until slaughter. The day of slaughter barrows were 154 d o...

Pig breeders in the past have adopted their breeding goals according to the needs of the producers, processors and consumers and have made remarkable genetic improvements in the traits of interest. However, it is becoming more and more challenging to meet the market needs and expectations of consumers and in general of the citizens. In view of the current and future trends, the breeding goals h...

The current study was conducted to investigate the effects of genetic and non-genetic factors on body weight and carcass traits of Japanese quails. Two strains of Japanese quail (150 wild quails and 150 white quails) were used as base population. Four mating groups were used to produce progenies: wild male × wild female, white male × wild female, wild male × white female and white male × white ...

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of two types of commercial suspension (leaf-spring (LS) vs. air suspension (AS)) installed on two similar double-decked trucks on blood cortisol and lactate concentration, lairage behavior, carcass skin lesions and pork quality traits of 120 crossbred pigs. The suspension type neither influenced pig behaviour in lairage nor blood cortisol an...