Relationships among bovine male and female reproductive traits |
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| Authors: | VEA PERRY RK MUNRO† PJ CHENOWETH DAV BODERO TB POST† |
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| Institution: | Department of Farm Animal Medicine and Production, University of Queensland, Goondiwindi. |
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| Abstract: | No significant relationship (p greater than 0.05) was found between age at puberty in heifers and the age and scrotal circumference at puberty in related bulls. There was a significant effect (p less than 0.01) of genotype and sire on age at puberty of heifers and a significant effect (p less than 0.05) of genotype on weight at puberty in heifers. There was a significant effect of genotype on age (p less than 0.01) and weight (p less than 0.05) at puberty of bulls. A significant difference (p less than 0.05) in age at puberty of bulls was found between the 2 methods of assessing puberty. It is possible that the assessment of puberty of heifers at 2-month intervals may not have been precise enough to detect such a relationship and/or that the variation in genotypes and ages in this study were too great to establish such a relationship. |
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