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Provedor de dados: | 45
País: | Brazil
Título: | Relationships between residual feed intake and feedlot performance, profitability, and carcass traits in Brahman cattle
Autores: | Favero,R.; Mizubuti,I.Y.; Gomes,R.C.; Ribeiro,E.L.A.; Pereira,E.S.; Prado-Calixto,O.P.P.; Massaro Júnior,F.L.; Santos,A.P.S.
Data: | 2018-03-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Bos indicus; Feed conversion ratio; Musculature; Phenotype.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT The present study aimed to evaluate the feedlot performance, profitability and carcass traits of Brahman bulls classified according to the residual feed intake (RFI). Twenty-four bulls (19-month old, 370±34kg live weight) were housed in individual pens for 54 days and had the daily feed intake (observed dry matter intake, DMIobs; DMI % live weight, LW) and average daily gain (ADG) measured. Ultrasound carcass evaluations were performed at the initial and final weighings, when measurements were taken of Longissimus dorsi area, ratio, Longissimus and Biceps femoris fat thickness. The animals were ranked and divided into high (&gt;+0.5 standard deviation; SD), medium (between ±0.5 SD from the mean), and low (&lt;-0.5 SD) RFI groups. Low-RFI animals had lower DMIobs (P&lt;0.10) and DMI % LW (P&lt;0.05). No significant differences in initial and final weight or ADG were noticed (P&gt;0.05). Low-RFI animals showed lower weight gain cost and higher daily profit (P&lt;0.05). Carcass traits were similar between groups, regardless of evaluation date (P&gt;0.05). Selection for RFI lead to animals with lower feed intake without affecting weight gain or carcass traits, thereby providing increased profitability for beef cattle farming.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352018000200525
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária
Relação: | 10.1590/1678-4162-9526
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia  v.70 n.2 2018
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess