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Fig. 1 | Genetics Selection Evolution

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From: Unravelling the genetic variability of host resilience to endo- and ectoparasites in Nellore commercial herds

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Diagram explaining data collection for performance tests of pasture raised cattle on the Mundo Novo farm—Brazil. Body weight (BW), ticks (TICK), eggs of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) and oocysts of Eimeria spp. (EIM) counts were collected at each measurement event (ME). “Age” represents the average age of animals at each ME. “nb” is the number of bulls and “nc” is the number of cohorts evaluated at each ME. Red arrow indicates a 70-day interval between evaluations, while blue arrows indicate a 56-day interval

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Genetics Selection Evolution

ISSN: 1297-9686