The ocean's influence upon and response to Antarctic ice sheet changes is considered in relation to sea level rise over recent and future decades. Assuming present-day ice fronts are in approximate equilibrium, a preliminary budget for the ice sheet is estimated from accumulation vs. iceberg calving and the basal melting that occurs beneath floating ice shelves. Iceberg calving is derived from ...

An association analysis between T19C polymorphism in bovine PPARGC1A and productive and reproductive traits was performed in a population of 620 and 279 Polish Holstein-Friesian cows, respectively. No relationship was found with milk yield and composition. PPARGC1A genotypes had, however, a significant effect on lengths of calving interval and calving to conception interval, and the T allele wa...

New maternal breeding values have been developed for use in UK beef evaluations. To undertake multitrait BLUP evaluations, it is necessary to have a full covariance matrix. This study outlines the approach taken to construct the full covariance matrices for the four beef breeds that most widely contribute to suckler beef cows in the United Kingdom. The maternal traits investigated were age at f...

The aim of this study was to calculate the calving interval and reproductive efficiency by effect parity in a dual-purpose herd Mexican tropics. prospective observational cows´ records from year 2013 2021 analyzed. with pathology non 50% Bos indicus taurus were taken out. In total, 67 intervals between 24 cows gotten farm genotypes (Gyr) genes remaining came Holstein, Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss. A ...

When Rumensin (monensin sodium) was fed to dairy cows: • Services per conception, days open and calving interval were increased, and firstservice conception rate was reduced in the 22 g/ton group. Pregnancy rates and successful calving rates were similar for all treatment groups. All measures of reproductive efficiency for all doses were well within accepted industry standards. • The incidence ...