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Maternal offspring behaviour in Curraleiro Pé Duro naturalized cattle in Brazil
Provedor de dados: Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Autores: Castanheira,Marlos; McManus,Concepta Margaret; Paula Neto,João Batista de; Costa,Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da; Mendes,Francisco Dyonísio Cardoso; Sereno,José Robson Bezerra; Bértoli,Cláudia Damo; Fioravanti,Maria Clorinda Soares.
The objective of the present study consisted of describing dam and calf suckling behaviour of Curraleiro Pé Duro cattle. In this study, 38 mother-offspring pairs and one mother-offspring-orphan trio were observed for 10 hours daily during three consecutive days spaced every four months over a period of one year. After identification, the animals were observed under field conditions where calf posture and the number of suckling episodes (NS), mean suckling duration (MSD), total suckling duration per day (TSD) as well as natural weaning of these animals were recorded. The model assessed the effects of calf sex and age as well as feeding time. Suckling episodes (70.6%) had a duration of one to five minutes and the calf that suckled in the inverted parallel...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Allo-suckling; Extensive conditions; Naturalized breeds.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982013000800008