Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production?
ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the structure of vegetation and the performance of rearing heifers and cull cows in Campos grasslands managed in the rotational stocking method with first-last stocking in the spring-summer period. The treatments were different rest intervals of 402 and 252 degrees-day...
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| author | Luciana Marin Fernando Luiz Ferreira de Quadros Leandro Bittencourt de Oliveira Pedro Luiz do Nascimento Tiago Vicari Lucas Antonello Alexandre Nunes Motta de Souza |
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| description | ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the structure of vegetation and the performance of rearing heifers and cull cows in Campos grasslands managed in the rotational stocking method with first-last stocking in the spring-summer period. The treatments were different rest intervals of 402 and 252 degrees-day, which favor the growth of different functional groups of grasses. A completely randomized block design with two treatments and three repetitions was used. The test animals were 24 heifers in the “first” group and 24 cows in the “last” group. In the stratum between tussock grasses, sward heights greater than 0.16 m were predominant in both treatments, it was 1.3 times more frequent in the 402 DD treatment compared to the 252 DD treatment. Average stocking rate was 22% higher in the 252 DD treatment. Although, no differences were observed for the average daily gain of heifers (0.227 kg.day-1) and cows (0.336 kg.day-1) between treatments, the weight gain per area in the experimental period was greater in the 252 DD treatment. Despite the management system with first and last stoking does not provide significant changes in the structure of the pasture, it allowed to achieve satisfactory performance goals in areas of Campos grassland. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7b7caa73092447f9ea53630c307fc042022-12-22T00:36:11ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaCiência Rural1678-45962022-05-01521210.1590/0103-8478cr20210531Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production?Luciana Marinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1500-9254Fernando Luiz Ferreira de Quadroshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-8583Leandro Bittencourt de Oliveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-5263Pedro Luiz do Nascimentohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2503-6371Tiago Vicarihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-911XLucas Antonellohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1666-4042Alexandre Nunes Motta de Souzahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1221-1513ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the structure of vegetation and the performance of rearing heifers and cull cows in Campos grasslands managed in the rotational stocking method with first-last stocking in the spring-summer period. The treatments were different rest intervals of 402 and 252 degrees-day, which favor the growth of different functional groups of grasses. A completely randomized block design with two treatments and three repetitions was used. The test animals were 24 heifers in the “first” group and 24 cows in the “last” group. In the stratum between tussock grasses, sward heights greater than 0.16 m were predominant in both treatments, it was 1.3 times more frequent in the 402 DD treatment compared to the 252 DD treatment. Average stocking rate was 22% higher in the 252 DD treatment. Although, no differences were observed for the average daily gain of heifers (0.227 kg.day-1) and cows (0.336 kg.day-1) between treatments, the weight gain per area in the experimental period was greater in the 252 DD treatment. Despite the management system with first and last stoking does not provide significant changes in the structure of the pasture, it allowed to achieve satisfactory performance goals in areas of Campos grassland.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782022001200202&tlng=endaily weight gainfirst and last grazingherbage massPampa biome |
| spellingShingle | Luciana Marin Fernando Luiz Ferreira de Quadros Leandro Bittencourt de Oliveira Pedro Luiz do Nascimento Tiago Vicari Lucas Antonello Alexandre Nunes Motta de Souza Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production? Ciência Rural daily weight gain first and last grazing herbage mass Pampa biome |
| title | Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production? |
| title_full | Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production? |
| title_fullStr | Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production? |
| title_short | Does first and last stocking could “fits” Campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production? |
| title_sort | does first and last stocking could fits campos grassland structure to improve beef cattle production |
| topic | daily weight gain first and last grazing herbage mass Pampa biome |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782022001200202&tlng=en |
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