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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos; Embrapa Pantanal.
Data corrente: | 07/05/2019
Data da última atualização: | 10/12/2019
Autoria: | ARAÚJO, A. R.; RODRIGUEZ, N. M.; ROGERIO, M. C. P.; BORGES, I.; SALIBA. E. O. S.; SANTOS, S. A.; POMPEU, R. C. F. F.; FERNANDES, F. E. P.; MONTEIRO, J. P.; MUIR, J. P.
Afiliação: | A. R. ARAÚJO, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA; N. M. RODRIGUEZ, UFMG; MARCOS CLAUDIO PINHEIRO ROGERIO, CNPC; I. BORGES, UFMG; E. O. S. SALIBA, UFMG; SANDRA APARECIDA SANTOS, CPAP; ROBERTO CLAUDIO FERNANDES F POMPEU, CNPC; FRANCISCO EDEN PAIVA FERNANDES, CNPC; JOMAR PATRICIO MONTEIRO, CNPC; J. P. MUIR, Texas A&M AgriLife Research.
Título: | Nutritional evaluation and productivity of supplemented sheep grazing in semiarid rangeland of northeastern Brazil.
Ano de publicação: | 2019
Fonte/Imprenta: | Tropical Animal Health and Production, v. 51, p. 957-966, 2019.
DOI: | 0.1007/s11250-018-1781-6
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Sheep production systems in Brazilian caatinga rangelands require supplementation adapted to changes in floristic and chemical composition as dry seasons progress. Meeting sheep nutritional needs in extensive semiarid systems is challenging because of sheep dietary preferences and habits. The objective of this trial was to evaluate the substitutive effect of concentrate supplementation on grazing sheep in the Brazilian caatinga rangeland and its consequences on performance in different seasons. The trial was conducted from March to August 2013 at Embrapa Goat and Sheep in Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil. Thirty-two Brazilian Somali multiparous ewes were submitted to estrus synchronization and controlled breeding. At the start of the trial, ewes averaged 30.45 + 2.60 kg body weight (BW). Ewes were divided into four groups and individually offered 0, 200, 350, or 500 g supplement head?1 day?1. Intake prediction and digestibility trials were evaluated at three periods: rainy season (April), transition rainy-dry (June), and dry season (August). Sheep weights were taken every 14 days to measure their performance from late gestation until weaning. Ewe BW and body condition score changes were determined too. Lamb BW changes were also measured every 14 days from birth through weaning. A completely randomized design with split plot arrangement using eight replications was used for intake and digestibility measurements. The differences between supplement offered (0, 200, 350, and 500 g sheep-1) and season (rainy, transition rainy-dry, and dry) were submitted to analyses of variance and multiple means were separated, where differences were detected, using the Tukey?s test. During lactation up through weaning, ewes supplemented at 500 g day?1 had greater BWthan ewes without supplement. Ewes supplemented with 200 g concentrate head?1 day?1 had 9.1% greater (P ? 0.05) BWat weaning and their lambs had 19.7% greater birth and 16.6% heavier wean BWdespite lower dry matter intake compared to unsupplemented animals. Supplementation with 200 g concentrate increased carrying capacity by 28.8% during the dry season and by 20.5% during the rainy season. This study confirmed that in the dry season, when quality of rangeland forages decreases, supplementation contributes to greater DMI, improves postpartum and lactation BW recovery of ewes, and contributes to greater lamb birth and wean weights. Moreover, supplementation leads to feed substitution effects that may increase rangeland resilience by mitigating overgrazing. Supplementation with 200 g concentrate can also prevent negative energy balance for grazing animals, improving longer postnatal recovery, longer intervals between parturitions, fewer double and is necessary to ensure a better BWat birth to lambs.
Thesaurus Nal: | Nutrition; Sheep.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos (CNPC)

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