Crossbreeding heifers performance in different reproductive stage

Authors

  • Jair de Araújo Marques Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Ivanor Nunes do Prado Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Daniele Maggioni Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
  • Luiz Paulo Rigolon Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Saul Ferreira Caldas Neto Centro Universitário de Maringá
  • Fernando Zawadzki Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2010v31n2p507

Keywords:

Control, Gunshot, Ovariectomy, Weight gain

Abstract

Twenty-one crossbreeding heifers (½ Nelore vs ½ Aberdeen Angus) with about 307.90 kg of live weight and eighteen months of age were used in a complete randomized design with three treatments and seven repetitions. The treatments were: control heifers, ovariectomized animals and with fifty gunshot spheres in uterine corn. The heifers were fed with 50% of corn silage and 50% concentrated. The feed intake was about 2,5% weight live in dry matter. The heifers gunshot treatments showed was bigger weight gain than the heifers ovariectomized treatments and this more weight gains what control heifers treatments. There was not difference in carcass yield and fat covering amongst treatments. The hematocrito increased in three heifers groups in the first collection (before) for the second collection (after treatments). However, the increase was superior (P < 0,05) in the control heifers group.

Author Biographies

Jair de Araújo Marques, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia – UFRB, Campus Universitário de Cruz das Almas. Cruz das Almas/BA – CEP.: 44.380-000.

Ivanor Nunes do Prado, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Professor do Programa de Pós graduação em Zootecnia - UEM, Pesquisador do CNPQ.

Daniele Maggioni, Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão

Professora da Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão – PR.

Luiz Paulo Rigolon, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Professor do Departamento de Zootecnia – UEM.

Saul Ferreira Caldas Neto, Centro Universitário de Maringá

Professor do Centro Universitário de Maringá – Cesumar.

Fernando Zawadzki, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutorando em Zootecnia – UEM.

Published

2010-07-30

How to Cite

Marques, J. de A., Prado, I. N. do, Maggioni, D., Rigolon, L. P., Caldas Neto, S. F., & Zawadzki, F. (2010). Crossbreeding heifers performance in different reproductive stage. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 31(2), 507–514. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2010v31n2p507

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