01729naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400550006010000230011524501580013826000090029652008570030565000150116265000120117765000130118965000130120265300210121565300230123670000200125970000170127970000240129670000200132070000220134070000180136270000150138077300440139520953032018-12-06 2018 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.01.0192DOI1 aOLIVEIRA, P. P. A. aThe effect of grazing system intensification on the growth and meat quality of beef cattle in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome.h[electronic resource] c2018 aThis study was carried out to evaluate the effects of four levels of intensification of grazing systems: 1) degraded pasture - DP; 2) irrigated pasture with high stocking rate - IHS; 3) dryland pasture with high stocking rate - DHS; 4) dryland pasture with moderate stocking rate - DMS; on growth, muscle development and meat quality of Nellore steers (271 ± 2.2 kg of live body weight - BW; 15 months old) during two consecutive periods (17 and 15 months). The final BW, the average daily BW gain, the hot carcass weight and the dress percentage were greater (P < 0.0001), and the ribeye area tended to be greater (P =0.085), in the intensified systems compared to the degraded system. Animals in all systems presented similar back fat. Muscle development increased with the intensification of the grazing systems and meat quality was not affected. aGrasslands aNellore aCarcaça aPastagem aBovinos de corte aQualidade da carne1 aCORTE, R. R. S.1 aSILVA, S. L.1 aRODRIGUEZ, P. H. M.1 aSAKAMOTO, L. S.1 aPEDROSO, A. de F.1 aTULLIO, R. R.1 aBERNDT, A. tMeat Sciencegv. 139, p. 157-161, 2018.