Csürhés, T.; Szabó, F.; Holló, G.; Mikó, E.; Török, M.; Bene, S. Relationship between Some Myostatin Variants and Meat Production Related Calving, Weaning and Muscularity Traits in Charolais Cattle. Animals2023, 13, 1895.
Csürhés, T.; Szabó, F.; Holló, G.; Mikó, E.; Török, M.; Bene, S. Relationship between Some Myostatin Variants and Meat Production Related Calving, Weaning and Muscularity Traits in Charolais Cattle. Animals 2023, 13, 1895.
Csürhés, T.; Szabó, F.; Holló, G.; Mikó, E.; Török, M.; Bene, S. Relationship between Some Myostatin Variants and Meat Production Related Calving, Weaning and Muscularity Traits in Charolais Cattle. Animals2023, 13, 1895.
Csürhés, T.; Szabó, F.; Holló, G.; Mikó, E.; Török, M.; Bene, S. Relationship between Some Myostatin Variants and Meat Production Related Calving, Weaning and Muscularity Traits in Charolais Cattle. Animals 2023, 13, 1895.
Abstract
The slaughter value of live animals can be assessed during visual conformation scoring, as well as by examining different molecular genetic information, e.g. myostatin gene, which can be re-sponsible for muscle development. In this study F94L, Q204X, nt267, nt324 and nt414 alleles of the myostatin gene were examined in relation to birth weight (BIW), calving ease (CAE), 205-day weaning weight (CWW), muscle score of shoulder (MSS), muscle score of back (MSB), muscle score of thigh (MST), roundness score of thigh (RST), loin thickness score (LTS), and overall muscle development percentage (OMP) of Charolais weaned calves in Hungary. Multi-trait analysis of variance (GLM) and weighted linear regression analysis were used to process the data. Calves carrying the Q204X allele in heterozygous form achieved approximately 0.14 points higher MSB, MST and LTS and 1.2% higher OMP and gained 8.56 kg more CWW than their counterparts not carrying the allele (p<0.05). As for the F94L allele, there was a difference of 4.08 kg in CWW of the heterozygous animals, but this difference could not be proved statistically. The other alleles had no significant effect on the evaluated traits.
Keywords
myostatin alleles; Q204X; F94L; muscularity scores; calving and weaning traits
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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