Can scrotal circumference-based selection discard bulls with good productive and reproductive potential?

• Jurandy Mauro Penitente-Filho ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jurandy Mauro Penitente-Filho, Fabyano Fonseca e Silva, José Domingos Guimarães

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: penitentefilho@yahoo.com.br

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8592-4020

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• Faider Alberto Castaño Villadiego,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Fabyano Fonseca e Silva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jurandy Mauro Penitente-Filho, Fabyano Fonseca e Silva, José Domingos Guimarães

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Breno Soares Camilo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Victor Gomez León,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Thiago Peixoto,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Edgar Díaz,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Denise Okano,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Paula Maitan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Daniel Lima,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Simone Facioni Guimarães,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Jeanne Broch Siqueira,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Unaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Rogério Pinho,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• José Domingos Guimarães

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jurandy Mauro Penitente-Filho, Fabyano Fonseca e Silva, José Domingos Guimarães

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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