Impactos da pesquisa científica no melhoramento genético de bovinos de corte para qualidade da carne

To increase the productivity is the main objective of the animal breeding researchers with approach in the genetic improvement in beef cattle. In Brazil, the scientific and technological development contributed to transform the country one of the most respectable agribusiness platforms. The potential increase of the demand for bovine meat and the necessity for efficient production system demand that the producers offer to the final consumer a product of good quality and with low cost. So that this demand is fulfilled, it is necessary to work with genetically superior animals for carcass traits as, for example, longissimus muscle area, tenderness and marbling, aiming of the complex production system of quality meat. The development of innovative techniques in the animal breeding has contributed for the increase of the quality cold-storage