The objective of this study was to compare four Spanish maternal lines of rabbits (A, V. H and LP) on different criteria but selected for litter size at weaning, since their foundation until present for 39, 35, 16 and 4 ...
[EN] Simple Summary A successful response was obtained after selection for ovulation rate during 10 generations in rabbits. However, no correlated response in litter size was observed due to an increase in prenatal mortality. ...
Peiró Barber, Rosa Mª; Yehia-Badawy Elmoghazy, Ahmed; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Santacreu Jerez, María Antonia(Cambridge University Press, 2019-11)
[EN] Rabbit commercial maternal lines are usually selected for litter size (LS) and paternal lines for growth rate (GR). Line OR_LS was selected by ovulation rate (OR) and LS to improve LS more efficiently. In this study, ...
Martínez Álvaro, Marina; Hernández, Pilar; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(American Society of Animal Science, 2016)
[EN] A divergent selection experiment on intramuscular fat (IMF) was performed in rabbits. The aim of this study is to estimate the response to selection, the correlated responses in carcass and meat quality traits, and ...
Gomez Proto, Guido(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-29)
[ES] La gestión y manejo reproductivo de las granjas lecheras suele centrarse en optimizar la capacidad reproductiva de las vacas, lo que limita las posibilidades de aumentar el rendimiento reproductivo y productivo. La ...
[EN] Intramuscular fat (IMF) content and composition are relevant for the meat industry due to their effect on human health and meat
organoleptic properties. A divergent selection experiment for IMF of Longissimus dorsi ...
Sakthivel, M.; Balasubramanyam, D.; Kumarasamy, P.; Gopi, H.; Raja, A.; Anilkumar, R.; Devaki, A.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-12-28)
[EN] The genetic parameters of growth traits in the New Zealand White rabbits kept at Sheep Breeding and Research Station, Sandynallah, The Nilgiris, India were estimated by partitioning the variance and covariance components. ...
López Martínez, Jorge Leonardo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-20)
[ES] En los modelos de predicción genómica convencionales se utilizan solo los individuos con genotipo. El método del mejor predictor lineal insesgado genómico de un solo paso (ssGBLUP) permite integrar individuos genotipados ...
Piles, M.; Mocé Cervera, María Lorena; Laborda Vidal, Patricia; Santacreu Jerez, María Antonia(American Society of Animal Science, 2013-10)
The objective of this research was assess the male contribution to the number of implanted embryos (IE) and embryo survival (ES) estimated as the rate of variance due to male genetic and permanent environmental effects ...
Ibañez Escriche, Noelia; Magallón, E.; Gonzalez, E.; Tejeda, J.F.; Noguera, J.L.(American Society of Animal Science, 2016-01)
[EN] The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic and environmental parameters and crossbreeding effects on fatty acid and fat traits in the Iberian pig. Our final goal is to explore target selection traits and define ...
[EN] Genetic parameters for average daily gain between the age of 5 and 10 weeks (ADG), the average cross-sectional area of the m. Longissimus dorsi (L) (between the 2nd-3rd and 4th-5th lumbar vertebrae-based on in vivo ...
Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Nagy, I.; Hernández, Pilar(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] This paper reviews the current knowledge on the genetics of growth, carcass and meat traits in rabbits. There is a
great variety in size of rabbit breeds, from which commercial production uses medium size breeds for ...
Aboshady, Hadeer Mohsen Moursy Aly(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-11-20)
[EN] In the present thesis the effect of heat stress on milk, fat, and protein yields and fat
and protein contents has been studied in the Spanish Florida breed of dairy goats. It
comprises three chapters: The first one ...
Matics, ZS.; Nagy, I.; Gerencsér, ZS.; Radnai, I.; Gyovai, P.; Donkó, T.; Dalle Zotte, A.; Curik, I.; Szendrő, ZS.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-12-22)
[EN] In this study, the rabbit breeding programme conducted at the Kaposvár University is extensively discussed. Population history and recorded traits, creation of the different synthetic lines, evolution of their selection ...