Characterization of Nelore Mocho in Brazil: Bibliographic review

Authors

  • Paulo Henrique Rezende Guimarães
  • Carina Ubirajara de Faria

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Keywords:

zebu, cattle, beef cattle

Abstract

Most of the Brazilian beef is produced by zebu breeds. These races, Nellore and Nellore Mocho is nearly 80% of the Zebu herd. The advantage of a stool character and good production characteristics, led to great interest by some ranchers Nelore Mocho. The first animal was born in 1957 in Araçatuba. Currently, the Nelore Mocho has the second position in number of records ABCZ. When evaluating the estimates of genetic parameters of Nelore Mocho observed a high genetic variability, being a good indicator of response to selection. In the summary of the 2010 race ANCP obtained good results. Finally, the Nelore Mocho is of great importance to Brazilian beef production and agribusiness.

Published

2015-09-20

Issue

Section

Produção animal

How to Cite

Characterization of Nelore Mocho in Brazil: Bibliographic review. (2015). Pubvet, 4(37). https://ojs.pubvet.com.br/index.php/revista/article/view/2445