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A note on consequences of single-trait selection for insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in beef heifers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M. E. Davis  and
M. D. Bishop
M. E. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210-1095, USA
M. D. Bishop
Affiliation:
USDA, ARS, Roman L. Hruska US Meat Animal Research Center, PO Box 166, Clay Center, NE, 68933-0166, USA
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Abstract

Eight sets of identical twin heifers and their first three calf crops were used to determine effects of single-trait selection for blood serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Twin heifers were offspring of Simmental sires and Hereford × Simmental or Hereford × Angus dams. All 16 heifers were mated with the same Simmental bull in each year of the study to produce calves born in 1989, 1990 and 1991 (no. = 16, 13 and 10, respectively). Although differences were noted in performance of progeny from the four twins with the highest v. the four with the lowest IGF-1 concentrations, they zoere not large enough to recommend single-trait selection for blood serum IGF-1 in beef heifers.

Keywords

beef cattlebiological indicatorsIGF-1selectionsomatomedin
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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , October 1994 , pp. 315 - 320
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1994

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