Reproduction is a critically important event in every animals' life and in all vertebrates is
controlled by the brain via the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. In many species …

The behavioural traits of cattle in terms of docility and manageability have traditionally been
the main factors that allowed the domestication of, and use of cattle by humans. Behavioural …

Background Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for specific genes
involved in reproduction might improve reliability of genomic estimates for these low …

We evaluated 69 SNP s in genes previously related to fertility and production traits for their
relationship to daughter pregnancy rate (DPR), cow conception rate (CCR) and heifer …

Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are widely used as predictors of whole-genome inbreeding
levels in cattle. They identify regions that have an unfavorable effect on a phenotype when …

Cattle temperament, which describes individual behaviour differences with regard to a
stressor or environmental challenge, is known for its impact on working safety, adaptability to …

Genetic selection of dairy cattle in the United States has included reproductive traits
(daughter pregnancy rate, DPR; heifer conception rate, HCR), which is believed to have …

“Livability” was defined as the inverse of the probability of death. The objectives of this study
were to estimate the heritability, genetic and phenotypic trends for the livability of Israeli …

The aim was to examine the effect of rapid body weight gain during early calfhood consistent
with earlier sexual development on the transcriptional profile of the hypothalamus. Angus X …

The use of urease inhibitors in irrigated systems decreases both soil ammonium (NH4+) and
nitrate (NO3−) availability, and, thus, could be an easy tool to reduce N loss due to ammonia …