Review Article

Size of beef cows: early ideas, new developments

Jesus A. Arango¹ and L. Dale Van Vleck²

¹University of Nebraska, Lincoln, ²USDA, ARS, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Lincoln, NE 68583-0908, USA

The current address of J.A. Arango is Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado. 4563, Maracay 2101, Aragua, Venezuela

Corresponding author: L.D. Van Vleck. A218 Animal Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0908, Fax: 402/472-6362

E-mail: dvan-vleck1@unl.edu

Genet. Mol. Res. 1 (1): 51-63 (2002)

Received February 8, 2002

Published March 8, 2002

Key words: Beef cattle, Optimal size, Efficiency of growth, Longitudinal data, Covariance functions, Random regression models