Challenges and opportunities of using Bos indicus cattle to meet consumers' demand for quality beef

PM Ramos, TL Scheffler, M Beline, J Bodmer… - Meat Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Beef consumption is expected to increase worldwide, which necessitates the use of Bos
indicus cattle that are well-adapted to harsher climates, like the tropics. Yet, beef from these …

Recent technological developments and future trends in the evaluation and prediction of beef sensory quality in Brazil and France

NSR Mendes, JCC Briceno, ET Mársico… - Livestock Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil and France, which are two major beef players, continue to consolidate and strengthen
their respective positions on international beef markets. This review summarizes Brazil's and …

Weighted genomic prediction for growth and carcass‐related traits in Nelore cattle

JB da Silva Neto, E Peripoli, ASC Pereira… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to assess the impact of differential weighting in genomic regions harboring
candidate causal loci on the genomic prediction accuracy and dispersion for growth and …

Biodiversity and genetics of beef quality, a review

G Bittante - Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Preservation of biodiversity and genetic improvement of livestock populations are often
considered to be antagonistic. Biodiversity affects meat quality (MQ) on different levels …

Lambs supplemented with Amazonian oilseed co-products: Meat quality and fatty acid profile

VCG de Castro, JCC Budel, TCGC Rodrigues, BA Silva… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Amazon has a wide variety of oilseeds that generate a huge amount of co-products with
potential for use in animal nutrition. The objective was to use alternative resources (oilseed …

Tropical beef: Is there an axiomatic basis to define the concept?

MS Rubio Lozano, TM Ngapo, N Huerta-Leidenz - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cattle production in tropical regions has been estimated to account for just over half of cattle
worldwide, yet it has not been demonstrated that sufficient similarities in the cattle exist to …

Beef production and carcass evaluation in Brazil

CLC Nunes, SB Pflanzer… - Animal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
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Fortification of diets with omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids enhances feedlot performance, intramuscular fat content, fat melting point, and carcass …

SB Pewan, JR Otto, RT Kinobe… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Meat eating quality indices such as intramuscular fat content (IMF) and fat melting point
(FMP) of the Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle and the feedlot performance …

Genetic parameters for frame size and carcass traits in Nellore cattle

AG Barro, BS Marestone, ER dos S, GA Ferreira… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2023 - Springer
Our study aimed to evaluate the frame size as a genetic selection criterion as well as the
association of scores with carcass characteristics measured via ultrasound to the genetic …

Small genetic variation affecting mRNA isoforms associated with marbling and meat color in beef cattle

MMM Muniz, LFS Fonseca, DB dos Santos Silva… - Functional & Integrative …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this study was to identify mRNA isoforms and small genetic variants that may be
affecting marbling and beef color in Nellore cattle. Longissimus thoracis muscle samples …