TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic analysis of carcass and meat quality traits in Nelore cattle
AU - Gordo, Daniel Gustavo M.
AU - Espigolan, Rafael
AU - Bresolin, Tiago
AU - Júnior, Gerardo A.Fernandes
AU - Magalhães, Ana F.B.
AU - Braz, Camila U.
AU - Fernandes, Willian Bruno
AU - Baldi, Fernando
AU - Albuquerque, Lucia G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), grant #2009/16118-5.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Animal Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/9/7
Y1 - 2018/9/7
N2 - The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits, as well as their genetic correlations using pedigree and genomic information. A total of 3,716; 3,702; 3,439; 3,705; and 3,714 records of 12th-13th rib LM area (LMA), backfat thickness (BF), HCW, marbling score (MARB), and Warner-Bratzler peak shear force (WBSF), respectively, were used. Animals were genotyped with BovineHD BeadChip and GeneSeek Genomic Profiler Indicus HD - GGP75Ki panel. The (co)variance components were estimated by Bayesian inference using a multitrait ssGBLUP analysis. The animal model included fixed effects of contemporary group (defined by the combination of farm and year of birth, and management group at yearling) and age of animal at slaughtering as a covariate (linear). Direct additive genetic and residual effects were fitted as random. The posterior means and SD of heritabilities for LMA, BF, HCW, MARB, and WBSF were 0.28 (0.03), 0.21 (0.04), 0.21 (0.04), 0.12 (0.04), and 0.11 (0.03), respectively. The posterior means for genetic correlations between LMA and meat quality were positive and moderate with MARB (0.38 ± 0.12) and negative with WBSF (-0.47 ± 0.12). Low genetic correlations were estimated between BF and WBSF (-0.03 ± 0.16) and between HCW and MARB (-0.04 ± 0.14), indicating that these traits are not controlled by the same set or linked genes. Carcass traits (LMA, BF, and HCW) presented moderate heritability providing quick response to the selection purpose. The estimates of heritability for meat quality traits (MARB and WBSF) were low and indicate that the rate of genetic improvement for these traits would be slow. Genetic correlations indicated that selection for carcass traits would not be strongly antagonistic for improving meat quality.
AB - The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits, as well as their genetic correlations using pedigree and genomic information. A total of 3,716; 3,702; 3,439; 3,705; and 3,714 records of 12th-13th rib LM area (LMA), backfat thickness (BF), HCW, marbling score (MARB), and Warner-Bratzler peak shear force (WBSF), respectively, were used. Animals were genotyped with BovineHD BeadChip and GeneSeek Genomic Profiler Indicus HD - GGP75Ki panel. The (co)variance components were estimated by Bayesian inference using a multitrait ssGBLUP analysis. The animal model included fixed effects of contemporary group (defined by the combination of farm and year of birth, and management group at yearling) and age of animal at slaughtering as a covariate (linear). Direct additive genetic and residual effects were fitted as random. The posterior means and SD of heritabilities for LMA, BF, HCW, MARB, and WBSF were 0.28 (0.03), 0.21 (0.04), 0.21 (0.04), 0.12 (0.04), and 0.11 (0.03), respectively. The posterior means for genetic correlations between LMA and meat quality were positive and moderate with MARB (0.38 ± 0.12) and negative with WBSF (-0.47 ± 0.12). Low genetic correlations were estimated between BF and WBSF (-0.03 ± 0.16) and between HCW and MARB (-0.04 ± 0.14), indicating that these traits are not controlled by the same set or linked genes. Carcass traits (LMA, BF, and HCW) presented moderate heritability providing quick response to the selection purpose. The estimates of heritability for meat quality traits (MARB and WBSF) were low and indicate that the rate of genetic improvement for these traits would be slow. Genetic correlations indicated that selection for carcass traits would not be strongly antagonistic for improving meat quality.
KW - Backfat thickness
KW - Genetic correlation
KW - HCW
KW - Heritability
KW - LM area
KW - Marbling score
KW - Shear force
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U2 - 10.1093/jas/sky228
DO - 10.1093/jas/sky228
M3 - Article
C2 - 30007290
AN - SCOPUS:85055428956
SN - 0021-8812
VL - 96
SP - 3558
EP - 3564
JO - Journal of animal science
JF - Journal of animal science
IS - 9
ER -