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Pizzuti,Luiz Angelo Damian; Alves Filho,Dari Celestino; Brondani,Ivan Luiz; Restle,João; Freitas,Leandro da Silva; Argenta,Flânia Mônego; Machado,Diego Soares; Cardoso,Gilmar dos Santos. |
The response of energy supplementation was evaluated on the development and reproductive performance of beef heifers on temperate grasslands. Twenty-eight Charolais × Nellore heifers, with initial average age of 18 months and initial live weight of 274.9 kg were utilized. The animals were maintained on oat + ryegrass pasture and distributed in the following treatments: no supplementation (NS): heifers kept exclusively on pasture; MEG: supplementation with protected fat Megalac®; BRM: supplementation with brown rice meal; BRM+MEG: supplementation with BRM + protected fat. The average final weight of the heifers was of 403.4 kg and corresponded to 89.5% of the adult weight. The body condition of heifers increased linearly with daily increase of 0.012 points,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Body condition; Daily weight gain; Intake; Reproductive tract. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012001000018 |