Within populations, individuals often show repeatable variation in behaviour, called 'animal
personality'. In the last few decades, numerous empirical studies have attempted to …

Simple Summary In beef cattle and other livestock species, temperament can be considered
as their behavioral responses to human interaction. Temperament evaluation allows …

Two experiments evaluated the effects of temperament and acclimation to handling on
reproductive performance of Bos taurus beef females. In Exp. 1, 433 multiparous, lactating …

A total of 4063 young bulls of two tropical genotypes (1639 Brahman and 2424 Tropical
Composite) raised in northern Australia were evaluated for a comprehensive range of …

Beef cattle are exposed to several stressors when relocated from cow-calf ranches to
feedlots, including transport and feedlot entry. These events elicit a myriad of stressors that …

This experiment evaluated the effects of temperament on physiological, productive, and
reproductive responses in Bos indicus beef cows. A total of 953 lactating, multiparous, non …

Observations were collected for the purpose of comparing exit velocity measurements in the
form of exit score (ES; walk, trot, canter, or run) and flight speed (FS) as assessments of …

Forty-four feedlot-finished Nellore cattle were used to evaluate the impacts of temperament
on performance, meat and carcass traits, and serum concentrations of hormones, proteins …

This experiment was designed to evaluate the effects of increasing doses of estradiol
cypionate (ECP) and different body condition score (BCS) on reproductive performance of …

Temperament in cattle is defined as the fear-related behavioral responses when exposed to
human handling. Our group evaluates cattle temperament using 1) chute score on a 1 to 5 …