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dc.contributor.authorSapa, Jen
dc.contributor.authorDonoghue, Katherineen
dc.contributor.authorPhocas, Florenceen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-21T15:25:00Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Productionen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9786-
dc.description.abstractGenetic selection based on reduced cattle fearfulness to increase their adaptative abilities to human environments could be an important way to improve both animal welfare and breeders' working conditions. In particular, improving temperament of cattle breeds that are difficult to handle is a major concern especially in extensive ranching breeding conditions where extremes in temperament are displayed more often. Consequently, in the last decade, selection for improving temperament on farm has become one of the main objectives for the Limousin cattle reared in Australia, New Zealand or in North America. Selection has been mainly based on a crush test (Tier et al., 2001). In France, there is currently no test on farms, but Limousin bulls have been evaluated since 1990 on a "docility test" (Boivin et al., 1992) in an individual test station and in a female progeny test station for bulls going through the AI breeding program. A few studies have reported a significant sex effect on temperament traits, with females always more excitable or difficult to handle (Voisinet et al., 1997; Lanier et al.., 2000; Gauly et al., 2001). As far as we know, there had been no genetic analysis to test whether reaction to human handling was governed by the same pool of genes between sexes. Because different neuroendocrine mechanisms may be involved in the fear reactions of females and males, the aim of the study was to assess the potential genetic differences between sexes for temperament traits recorded in French and Australian Limousin cattle.en
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dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Melhoramento Animal [Brazilian Society of Animal Breeding] (SBMA)en
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Productionen
dc.titleGenetic parameters between sexes for temperament traits in Limousin cattleen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceWCGALP 2006: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Productionen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Breedingen
local.contributor.firstnameJen
local.contributor.firstnameKatherineen
local.contributor.firstnameFlorenceen
local.subject.for2008070201 Animal Breedingen
local.subject.seo2008830301 Beef Cattleen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.schoolAnimal Genetics and Breeding Uniten
local.profile.emailkdonogh4@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryE2en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:3884en
local.date.conference13th - 18th August, 2006en
local.conference.placeBelo Horizonte, Brazilen
local.publisher.placeBrazilen
local.contributor.lastnameSapaen
local.contributor.lastnameDonoghueen
local.contributor.lastnamePhocasen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:kdonogh4en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:fphocasen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:9977en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleGenetic parameters between sexes for temperament traits in Limousin cattleen
local.output.categorydescriptionE2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20063169950.htmlen
local.conference.detailsWCGALP 2006: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 13-18 August, 2006en
local.search.authorSapa, Jen
local.search.authorDonoghue, Katherineen
local.search.authorPhocas, Florenceen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2006en
local.date.start2006-08-13-
local.date.end2006-08-18-
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