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Ciência Rural
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| País: |
Brazil
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Gender on the growth of Criollo foals from birth to three years of age
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| Autores: |
Pimentel,Anelise Maria Hammes
Rodrigues,Walvonvitis Baes
Martins,Charles Ferreira
Montanez,Nathanael Ramos
Boligon,Arione Augusti
Souza,João Ricardo Malheiros de
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| Data: |
2017-01-01
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| Ano: |
2017
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Horses
Growth curve
Foal development
Morphology
Morphometry
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| Resumo: |
ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of gender on the growth of Criollo foals, in order to use this information as a reference for breeding as well as in future research. Body height, thoracic perimeter, and cannon bone perimeter of 75 foals were measured from two farms in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Lat. 32°, 33′, 58″, Long. 53°, 22′, 33″) and from three generations over three years. In both farms, animals were kept under the same range and feeding conditions. Nonlinear regression models were applied to describe the growth curves for the three traits over the experimental period. Cannon bone perimeter was greater in males than in females (P<0.001) but the predicted curves for body height and thoracic perimeter did not differ between genders. For all traits, the highest rate of increase was achieved in the first year of life (body height = 74%, thoracic perimeter = 76%, and cannon bone perimeter = 63% for males and 83% for females). Results of this study indicated that changes in body height and thoracic perimeter can be predicted using nonlinear models in both male and female foals, until they reach three years of age; whereas, changes in cannon bone perimeter should be modeled separately for each gender.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000100651
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| Editor: |
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
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| Relação: |
10.1590/0103-8478cr20150989
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Ciência Rural v.47 n.1 2017
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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