| Registro completo |
| Provedor de dados: |
Ciência Rural
|
| País: |
Brazil
|
| Título: |
SULPHUR DEFICIENCY IN DAIRY CALVES REARED ON PASTURE OF Brachiaria decumbens
|
| Autores: |
Ortolani,Enrico Lippi
|
| Data: |
2001-04-01
|
| Ano: |
2001
|
| Palavras-chave: |
Sulphur
Sulphur deficiency
Calves
Brachiaria decumbens
Brazil
|
| Resumo: |
The clinical picture of sulphur (S) deficiency is described by the first time in Brazilian dairy calves. Twelve crossbred six-month-old weaned dairy calves, reared on pasture of S-deficient Brachiaria decumbens, were used. The calves were randomly assigned in two groups of six calves each to verify the influence of S supplementation on some clinical and serum biochemical variables. All animals were fed a basal-supplement mix containing macro and microlements, urea and ground corn grain added (41gS/kg) or not of S (elemental S; 1g S/kg), for six months. At the end of the experiment, the S-supplemented calves had higher mean body weight (p < 0.01), body condition score (p < 0.016), serum inorganic sulphate concentration (p < 0.001) and serum albumin concentration (p < 0.01) than the S-deficient calves. The unsupplemented dairy calves exhibited loss of body condition, retarded growth, weight loss and slight apathy.
|
| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
|
| Idioma: |
Inglês
|
| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782001000200011
|
| Editor: |
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
|
| Relação: |
10.1590/S0103-84782001000200011
|
| Formato: |
text/html
|
| Fonte: |
Ciência Rural v.31 n.2 2001
|
| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
|
