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Provedor de dados: | 96
País: | Brazil
Título: | Grazing patterns on signalgrass pasture according to location of cattle feces
Autores: | Santos,Manoel Eduardo Rozalino; Fonseca,Dilermando Miranda da; Gomes,Virgílio Mesquita; Braz,Thiago Gomes dos Santos; Silva,Simone Pedro da; Albino,Ronan Lopes; Santos,Andreza Luzia; Silva,Guilherme Portes.
Data: | 2012-04-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Brachiaria decumbens; Grazing; Sward structure; Tiller.
Resumo: | This study was conducted to evaluate the defoliation patterns on B. decumbens cv. Basilisk (signalgrass) tiller as a function of influence of feces deposited naturally by cattle. The signalgrass was managed with an average height of 25 cm, under continuous stocking and variable stocking rate. Interval and intensity of defoliation, grazing efficiency and forage loss were evaluated in two sites on pasture - one close and the other distant from feces. The completely randomized block design with three replications was adopted. The defoliation rate of the pasture site close to feces was 40% lower than at that distant from feces. This response pattern was similar to defoliation intensity of leaf blade. The leaf blade of the tiller close to feces also achieved lower de foliation (1.64) than that in the tiller distant from feces (3.97). The relative number of grazed leaf per tiller in the tillers distant from feces was approximately 185% higher than those close to feces. The grazing efficiency was lower in the local close to feces compared with that distant, unlike forage loss. The natural deposition of feces by cattle modifies the grazing and use patterns of B. decumbens under continuous stocking.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000400010
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1516-35982012000400010
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia  v.41 n.4 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess