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Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between meat tenderness (WBSF), carcass (rib eye area (REA), backfat thickness (BF), rump fat thickness (RF)) and growth (weight at 120 (W120), 210 (W210), 365 (W365) and 450 (W450) days of age; average daily&#x...
Abstract: The aimed of this study was to evaluate the relationship between feed efficiency and sexual precocity traits in Nellore heifers. The reproductive and feed efficiency data of 151 Nellore females were used, from which were collected: RFI, dry matter intake (DMI), feed conve...
Abstract: Information about the domestic life and food supply of 151 Nellore females, aged 9 to 12 months and contemporaneity of 90 days were used, accompanied by the Brazilian Nelore Program of the National Association of Breeders and Producers (ANCP). The females were submitted&#...
Abstract: This study was carried out to analyze the association between meat tenderness (WBSF) and growth traits, which were birth weight (BW), weight at 120 (W120), 210 (W210), 365 (W365) and 450 (W450) days of age, and average daily gain (ADG) in 654 Nellore cattle. The...
Abstract: The aim of this study was evaluate the correlation between meat tenderness (WBSF) and carcass traits (rib eye area (REA), backfat thickness (BF), rump fat thickness (RF)) in Nellore cattle and also estimate if there are differences regarding carcass evaluation considering segr...
O objetivo desse estudo foi caracterizar os sistemas produtivos integrados dos agricultores familiares do Assentamento Nova Camapuã-DF e analisar sua contribuição à organização de modelos de produção e comercialização de produtos orgânicos. Para tanto, foi aplicado um questionário a 16 produtores...
Resumo A agricultura orgânica representa uma forma sistêmica de administração da produção que fomenta e melhoria na saúde dos agroecossistemas, na qualidade de vida dos produtores e principalmente a segurança alimentar dos consumidores. Este artigo tem como objetivo estruturar uma revisão si...
Os sistemas agroflorestais (SAFs) envolvem simultaneamente na mesma área a produção agropecuária consorciada com espécies arbóreas. Apresenta-se como sistema economicamente viável, ambientalmente correto e socialmente justo, uma vez que quando tem sua produção orgânica, torna-se uma alternativa ao produtor...
Abstract Climate change coupled with inappropriate burning practices has increased large-scale wildfres in Brazilian tropical savan- nahs (Cerrado). Considering that the efects of ash from wildfres on water parameters are scarcely known in tropical savannahs, this study investigated the chemical ...
Abstract: Under conditions of high temperature, humidity, and incidence of solar radiation, dairy cows use behavioral changes as a strategy to decrease the metabolic heat production at pasture. The objective of this study was to evaluate the behavioral and physiological responses of Gyr...