Use este identificador para citar ou linkar para este item: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/990775
Título: A comparative study of production performance and animal health practices in organic and conventional dairy systems.
Autoria: SILVA, J. B.
FAGUNDES, G. M.
SOARES, J. P. G.
FONSECA, A. H.
MUIR, J. P.
Afiliação: JENEVALDO B. SILVA, UNESP; GISELE M. FAGUNDES, USP; JOAO PAULO GUIMARAES SOARES, CPAC; ADIVALDO H. FONSECA, UFRRJ; JAMES P. MUIR, TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH.
Ano de publicação: 2014
Referência: Tropical Animal Health and Production, Amsterdan, v. 46, n. 7, 2014.
Conteúdo: Health and production management strategies influence environmental impacts of dairies. The objective of this paper was to measure risk factors on health and production parameters on six organic and conventional bovine, caprine, and ovine dairy herds in southeastern Brazil over six consecutive years (2006?2011). The organic operations had lower milk production per animal (P≤0.05), lower calf mortality (P≤0.05), less incidence of mastitis (P≤0.05), fewer rates of spontaneous abortions (P≤0.05), and reduced ectoparasite loads (P≤0.05) compared to conventional herds and flocks. Organic herds, however, had greater prevalence of internal parasitism (P≤0.05) than conventional herds. In all management systems, calves, kids, and lambs had greater oocyte counts than adults. However, calves in the organic group showed lower prevalence of coccidiosis. In addition, animals in the organic system exhibited lower parasitic resistance to anthelmintics. Herd genetic potential, nutritive value of forage, feed intake, and pasture parasite loads, however, may have influenced productive and health parameters. Thus, although conventional herds showed greater milk production and less disease prevalence, future research might quantify the potential implications of these unreported factors.
Thesagro: Produção leiteira
Leite
Leite de cabra
Gado leiteiro
Cabra leiteira
Ovelha
Desenvolvimento sustentável
NAL Thesaurus: Milk production
Milk
Goat milk
Sheep
Sustainable development
Brazil
Palavras-chave: Brasil
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/s11250-014-0642-1
Tipo do material: Artigo de periódico
Acesso: openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAC)

Arquivos associados a este item:
Arquivo Descrição TamanhoFormato 
34074.pdf207,44 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
Visualizar/Abrir

FacebookTwitterDeliciousLinkedInGoogle BookmarksMySpace