A5104325957- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
2024-2025
Intensive finishing on pasture is already accepted as a good nutritional management strategy due to the capacity of enhancing performance without requiring physical confinement infrastructure; however, it not yet known whether early weaning has beneficial results in this system. The effect different ages at – 42, 56 and 84 days performance, carcase traits bioeconomicity Santa Inês lambs intensively finished Massai grass (Panicum maximum cv. Massai) was evaluated. Fifty-seven were weekly...
Monitoring weight development is essential for decision-making and assessing the effectiveness of management strategies. However, this practice often hindered by lack scales on farms. This study aimed to characterize growth curves male female Santa Inês lambs from birth weaning, managed pasture with creep-fed concentrate supplementation. Data 212 during pre-weaning phase were analyzed. The animals weighed every seven days evaluate total gain average daily gain. Biometric measurements taken...