Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly) has historically been a pest of dairy cattle and feedlots due to the availability of decaying plant matter mixed with animal excrements in such production systems. In the last few decades, S. calcitrans outbreaks have also been reported in different...

O levantamento de custos de produção na pecuária de corte é muito importante por servir de referência de desempenho econômico para s produtores rurais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os custos de produção de um sistema modal de nível tecnológico baixo em Mato Grosso...

Research conducted in different regions of the mitochondrial DNA of Ovis aries showed the existence of Asian and European haplogroups. The study aimed at applying the PCR-RFLP molecular test of mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I with the restriction enzyme HinfI to molecularly char...

One of the alterations that occur in the PRNP gene in bovines is the insertion/deletion (indel) of base sequences in specific regions, such as indels of 12-base pairs (bp) in intron 1 and of 23- bp in the promoter region. The deletion allele of 23 bp is ass...

Mato Grosso do Sul State has about 20 million hectares of pastures (SIGA-MS, 2016). From this total, close to four million hectares are natural grasslands in the Pantanal wetlands. The balance, or about 16 million hectares, are sown pastures. The State Secretary of Agriculture ...

Cattle ranching is a major agricultural activity in Central Brazil and it plays a major economic role in Mato Grosso do Sul State. In the last few years, local agricultural development has been influenced by other agro-industries, mainly sugar cane and eucalyptus forestry, expandin...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sire breed on carcass traits measured via ultrasound of crossbred cattle during feedlot. Steers (n=74) and heifers (n=71) produced along two years mating Nellore, ½ Nellore x ½ Angus and ½ Nellore x ½ Caracu dams&#x...