1 Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. diercles.cardoso@yahoo.com.br.
2 Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. diercles.cardoso@yahoo.com.br.
3 Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
4 Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
5 Department of Animal Nutrition and Production, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.
6 Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
7 Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, AB, Canada.
8 Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
10 National Council for Science and Technological Development, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
11 Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. galvao.albuquerque@unesp.br.
12 National Council for Science and Technological Development, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. galvao.albuquerque@unesp.br.