Comportamento ingestivo e respostas fisiológicas de novilhos Nelore em diferentes condições de pastejo

Cleiton Luiz Tonello; Leonir Bueno Ribeiro; Orlando Rus Barbosa; Carla Franciele Höring; Eisler Bernard Zanella; Carlos Eduardo Furtado

doi:10.5216/cab.v13i3.7132

INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF NELLORE IN DIFFERENT GRAZING CONDITIONS

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Cleiton Luiz Tonello Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil
Leonir Bueno Ribeiro Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil
Orlando Rus Barbosa Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil
Carla Franciele Höring Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Paraná, Brasil
Eisler Bernard Zanella Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Carlos Eduardo Furtado Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v13i3.7132

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Beef cattle

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the ingestive behavior and physiological responses of steers under different grazing conditions. Five Nellore steers, weighing an average of 390.78 ± 14 kg BW, were assigned to five experimental treatments: clean pasture without concentrate supplementation (PLSC), dirty pasture without concentrate supplementation (PSSC), clean pasture with concentrate supplementation (PLCC), dirty pasture with concentrate supplementation (PSCC) and free access to pasture without concentrate supplementation (LAPSC). The experimental design was a 5 x 5 Latin Square. The grazing behavior was measured through visual observation at the end of each trial in ten-minute intervals for 24 hours, and the physiological variables comprised rectal temperature, respiratory rate and heart rate. The physiological responses of animals were not affected by treatments. The number of steps performed by the animals kept in treatments PLSC (6.08 steps/min) and PLCC (5.62 steps/min) were significantly lower than those in treatments PSSC (16.84 steps/min) and PSCC (14.58 steps/min), showing increased activity of locomotion in animals in paddocks with weeds.

KEYWORDS: heart rate; locomotion; pasture; weeds.

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2012-09-28

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TONELLO, Cleiton Luiz; RIBEIRO, Leonir Bueno; BARBOSA, Orlando Rus; HÖRING, Carla Franciele; ZANELLA, Eisler Bernard; FURTADO, Carlos Eduardo. INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF NELLORE IN DIFFERENT GRAZING CONDITIONS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 13, n. 3, p. 282–289, 2012. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v13i3.7132. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/7132. Acesso em: 14 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2012)

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Animal Production

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