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intervalo mãe-filho e mãe-filha

English translation: inter-generation breeding interval


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Portuguese term or phrase:intervalo mãe-filho e mãe-filha
English translation:inter-generation breeding interval
Entered by: Kevin Freyburg
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01:29 Nov 11, 2011
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Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Portuguese term or phrase: intervalo mãe-filho e mãe-filha
A diminuição da idade ao primeiro parto é importante para a redução do intervalo de geração, principalmente, do intervalo mãe-filho e mãe-filha.

Obs: Trata-se de bovinos.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 08:12
inter-generation breeding interval
Explanation:
This is a value measuring the average period of the breeding herd between calving date and first succesful breeding of the offspring, both male and female. It is important in measuring the speed of dissemination of genetic improvement from one generation to the next. The earlier the calves can be matured and successfully bred, the faster the genetic turnover of the herd.
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Local time: 08:12
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Summary of answers provided
5inter-generation breeding interval
Kevin Freyburg
4female generation interval
Martin Riordan
4inter-calving interval mother-to-child and mother-daughterEmiliano Pantoja
3interval between mother and calf
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
interval between mother and calf


Explanation:
One can only assume that the male and female are specified to avoid an assumption that the statement applies to the male sex alone. The statement obviously has to apply to both sexes, since "filho" and "filha" covers it all. Ergo, 'calf' will do in English, because we don't specify gender.

But I could not find any references to 'mother-calf interval', so I didn't suggest it.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 04:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inter-calving interval mother-to-child and mother-daughter


Explanation:
inter-calving spacing

Emiliano Pantoja
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
female generation interval


Explanation:
"generation interval" calcula a idade média do touro e da vaca. "female generation interval" considera somente a idade da vaca.

"Relative frequencies for the births according to the age of dam, the female generation interval and the expected pregnancy rate for each strategy were also obtained."



    Reference: http://www.sbmaonline.org.br/anais/vii/trabalhos/pdfs/bc060....
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 08:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MARK ROBERTSON: You would know wouldn't you.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mark! Yes, I still remember something about it...
disagree  Linda Tyrer: Sounds good as far as it goes, but covers only the "intervalo mãe-filha"; have you got something equally snappy for the "intervalo mãe-filho" part?
2 days7 hrs
  -> The term covers the concept "mother-offspring" as the sex of the offspring is irrelevant to the interval.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
inter-generation breeding interval


Explanation:
This is a value measuring the average period of the breeding herd between calving date and first succesful breeding of the offspring, both male and female. It is important in measuring the speed of dissemination of genetic improvement from one generation to the next. The earlier the calves can be matured and successfully bred, the faster the genetic turnover of the herd.

Kevin Freyburg
Local time: 08:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Nov 21, 2011 - Changes made by Kevin Freyburg:
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