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| Provedor de dados: |
R. Bras. Zootec.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Live weight and metabolic hormone profile in steers moved in drives
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| Autores: |
D'Oliveira,Marcella Cândia
Souza,Maria Inês Lenz
Ítavo,Camila Celeste Brandão Ferreira
Corrêa Filho,Ruy Alberto Caetano
Morais,Maria da Graça
Negrão,João Alberto
Franco,Gumercindo Loriano
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| Data: |
2014-10-01
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| Ano: |
2014
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| Palavras-chave: |
Compensatory gain
Metabolism
Post-driving
Transportation
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| Resumo: |
The objective was to determine the effects of driving on the growth of steers during 55 days of moving by drive and 84 days after the arrival. Twenty-five steers were randomly chosen from a herd of 1,000 Nellore cattle, which were evaluated in two periods: the driving period, in which animals were moved a distance of 700 km on foot for 55 d; and the post-driving period, which lasted 84 d. Serum samples were obtained for hormone dosing (T3, T4, cortisol, and IGF-I) by radioimmunoassay using commercial kits. The data was collected at different time points during the experiment. No changes in live weight were observed between days 0 and 55. During the post-driving period, on the 28th, 56th, and 84th d, the average weights were 226.10 kg, 224.28 kg, and 242.6 kg, respectively; differences in weight were observed on the 84th d when compared with the 56th d. There were no changes in insulin and T3 levels in either periods; the lowest T4concentration was observed during the driving period. The serum T4concentration increased after 56 d of post-driving, and it was greater than the concentrations detected on the other days. The highest levels of cortisol were identified after 28 d of post-driving. An increase in IGF-I concentration was observed after 56 and 84 d of post-driving. Moving cattle by driving does not alter the weight of the animals and weight gain occurs during the post-driving period due to an increase in the T4 and IGF-I levels.
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| Tipo: |
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=S1516-35982014001000551
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1516-35982014001000007
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| Fonte: |
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia v.43 n.10 2014
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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