D. M. Everling, Bresolin, T., Rorato, P. R. N., Araujo, R. O., Boligon, A. A., Weber, T., Dornelles, M. A., and Campos, L. T.,
“Finishing precocity visual score and genetic associations with growth traits in Angus beef cattle”, vol. 13, pp. 7757-7765, 2014.
Finishing precocity visual score selection was adopted to estimate the time from birth to reach slaughter age. This study estimated (co)variance components and genetic correlations for the finishing precocity score at weaning (WP) and yearling (YP) stages by using daily weight gain (BWG = from birth to weaning; WYG = from weaning to yearling) and speed of weight gain (BWR = from birth to weaning; WYR = from weaning to yearling) as support for a genetic evaluation program for Angus beef cattle.
