Evaluation of Maternal Nutrition Effects in the Lifelong Performance of Male Beef Cattle Offspring
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Ethics Statement
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Ultrassound Evaluation
2.4. Weighting, Average Daily Gain, and Body Condition Score
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Phenotypic Traits of Dams
3.2. Calves Performance
3.3. Ultrassound Carcass Traits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Traits | NP | PP | FP | p-Value |
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Body weight (kg) | ||||
Initial | 461 ± 6.90 | 451 ± 9.38 | 454 ± 8.76 | 0.85 |
Middle third | 490 ± 4.86 a | 493 ± 5.65 a | 516 ± 6.45 b | <0.01 * |
Pre-delivery | 508 ± 7.23 a | 524 ± 9.07 a | 541 ± 10.1 b | <0.01 * |
Postpartum | 503 ± 3.97 | 502 ± 5.21 | 518 ± 5.48 | 0.13 |
Rump fat thickness (mm) | ||||
Initial | 4.28 ± 0.61 | 4.31 ± 0.61 | 4.33 ± 0.61 | 0.92 |
Middle third | 6.33 ± 0.40 a | 6.87 ± 0.38 a | 9.35 ± 0.50 b | <0.01 * |
Pre-delivery | 7.23 ± 0.66 a | 9.24 ± 0.67 a | 12.5 ± 0.98 b | <0.01 * |
Postpartum | 9.77 ± 0.47 a | 11.4 ± 0.48 ab | 12.6 ± 0.57 b | 0.04 * |
Body condition score | ||||
Initial | 4.5 ± 0.09 | 4.6 ± 0.12 | 4.5 ± 0.09 | 0.34 |
Pre-delivery | 5.4 ± 0.13 a | 5.6 ± 0.13 ab | 5.9 ± 0.13 b | 0.04 * |
Trait | Time | NP | PP | FP | p-Value 1 | p-Value 2 |
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Weight (Kg) | 30 days | 68.42 ± 2.71 | 68.81 ± 2.20 | 73.28 ± 2.89 | 0.35 | 0.30 |
6 months | 190.22 ± 4.92 | 199.09 ± 3.79 | 198.99 ± 5.08 | 0.27 | ||
Weaning | 216.61b ± 5.20 | 231.84 a ± 5.01 | 232.9 a ± 4.62 | 0.08 * | ||
12 months | 293.75 ± 5.03 | 296.88 ± 5.95 | 301.70 ± 5.54 | 0.46 | ||
15 months | 370.01 ± 5.43 | 370.78 ± 6.02 | 382.99 ± 5.48 | 0.12 | ||
18 months | 430.70 ± 4.79 | 429.78 ± 6.12 | 439.92 ± 4.34 | 0.13 | ||
Finishing_D0 | 452.07 ± 6.02 | 448.99 ± 7.17 | 464.01 ± 7.20 | 0.16 | ||
Finishing_D35 | 512.01 ± 6.73 | 518.97 ± 8.11 | 528.27 ± 8.04 | 0.21 | ||
Finishing_D57 | 556.52 ± 7.04 | 568.70 ± 9.29 | 568.94 ± 9.55 | 0.34 | ||
Finishing_D70 | 576.25 ± 8.11 | 590.92 ± 10.01 | 587.02 ± 10.19 | 0.39 | ||
ADG | Cow-calf | 0.85 ± 0.020 | 0.91 ± 0.017 | 0.92 ± 0.015 | 0.27 | 0.21 |
Rearing | 0.58 ± 0.011 | 0.56 ± 0.011 | 0.60 ± 0.013 | 0.34 | ||
Finishing | 1.70 b ± 0.034 | 1.87 a ± 0.048 | 1.71 b ± 0.042 | 0.09 * |
Trait | Time | NP | PP | FP | p-Value 1 | p-Value 2 |
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REA (cm2) | 30 days | 19.4 ± 0.9 | 19.85 ± 0.64 | 20.95 ± 1.01 | 0.78 | 0.62 |
6 months | 39.95 ± 1.32 | 43.41 ± 1.08 | 44.60 ± 1.16 | 0.35 | ||
Weaning | 45.22 ± 1.03 | 47.51 ± 1.11 | 47.21 ± 0.94 | 0.62 | ||
12 months | 58.78 ± 1.02 | 57.40 ± 1.05 | 59.32 ± 1.11 | 0.75 | ||
15 months | 68.1 ± 1.08 | 67.99 ± 0.95 | 68.05 ± 0.89 | 0.96 | ||
18 months | 77.18 ± 1.09 | 78.67 ± 1.01 | 78.60 ± 1.15 | 0.72 | ||
Finishing_D0 | 84.45 ± 1.22 | 86.90 ± 0.75 | 84.71 ± 1.06 | 0.35 | ||
Finishing _D35 | 92.75 ± 1.21 | 91.30 ± 1.16 | 94.89 ± 1.20 | 0.33 | ||
Finishing _D57 | 97.78 ± 1.22 | 102.33 ± 1.35 | 101.95 ± 1.24 | 0.31 | ||
Finishing _D70 | 97.50 ± 1.01 | 98.76 ± 1.22 | 98.26 ± 0.98 | 0.77 | ||
REAg | Cow-calf | 26.01 ± 1.41 | 27.20 ± 1.20 | 25.71 ± 1.17 | 0.88 | 0.81 |
Rearing | 18.21 ± 0.82 | 20.88 ± 1.39 | 19.94 ± 0.88 | 0.45 | ||
Finishing | 13.52 a ± 0.85 | 11.01 b ± 1.12 | 13.10 a ± 1.01 | 0.09 * |
Trait | Time | NP | PP | FP | p-Value 1 | p-Value 2 |
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RFT (mm) | 6 months | 2.23 ± 0.15 | 2.15 ± 0.18 | 2.50 ± 0.16 | 0.66 | 0.59 |
Weaning | 2.36 ± 0.17 | 2.84 ± 0.15 | 2.45 ± 0.20 | 0.39 | ||
12 months | 1.04 ± 0.14 | 0.82 ± 0.16 | 1.02 ± 0.13 | 0.44 | ||
15 months | 1.47 ± 0.16 | 1.56 ± 0.17 | 1.89 ± 0.13 | 0.46 | ||
18 months | 2.94 ± 0.17 | 3.18 ± 0.19 | 3.29 ± 0.19 | 0.56 | ||
Finishing_D0 | 3.41 ± 0.15 | 3.14 ± 0.23 | 3.6 ± 0.21 | 0.65 | ||
Finishing _D35 | 6.10 ± 0.19 | 6.35 ± 0.27 | 6.79 ± 0.22 | 0.43 | ||
Finishing _D57 | 7.41 ± 0.20 | 7.06 ± 0.31 | 7.65 ± 0.25 | 0.40 | ||
Finishing _D70 | 8.51 ± 0.27 | 9.19 ± 0.39 | 9.72 ± 0.23 | 0.49 | ||
RFTg | Cow-calf | 0.09 b ± 0.14 | 0.69 a ± 0.15 | 0.0 b ± 0.17 | 0.06 * | 0.09 * |
Rearing | 1.90 ± 0.19 | 2.35 ± 0.17 | 2.29 ± 0.20 | 0.27 | ||
Finishing | 5.20 ± 0.17 | 6.09 ± 0.32 | 6.10 ± 0.24 | 0.35 |
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Cracco, R.C.; Ruy, I.M.; Polizel, G.H.G.; Fernandes, A.C.; Furlan, É.; Baldin, G.C.; Santos, G.E.C.; Santana, M.H.d.A. Evaluation of Maternal Nutrition Effects in the Lifelong Performance of Male Beef Cattle Offspring. Vet. Sci. 2023, 10, 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10070443
Cracco RC, Ruy IM, Polizel GHG, Fernandes AC, Furlan É, Baldin GC, Santos GEC, Santana MHdA. Evaluation of Maternal Nutrition Effects in the Lifelong Performance of Male Beef Cattle Offspring. Veterinary Sciences. 2023; 10(7):443. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10070443
Chicago/Turabian StyleCracco, Roberta Cavalcante, Isabela Modolo Ruy, Guilherme Henrique Gebim Polizel, Arícia Christofaro Fernandes, Édison Furlan, Geovana Camila Baldin, Gianluca Elmi Chagas Santos, and Miguel Henrique de Almeida Santana. 2023. "Evaluation of Maternal Nutrition Effects in the Lifelong Performance of Male Beef Cattle Offspring" Veterinary Sciences 10, no. 7: 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10070443