Ingestive behavior of Angus yearling steers in natural grassland subjected to fertilization and over sown of temperate species

Autor: Denise Adelaide Gomes Elejalde, Carlos Nabinger, Eduardo Tonet Ferreira, Aline Kellermann de Freitas, Regis Luis Missio, Taíse Robinson Kunrath, Thais Devincenzi, Raquel Rolim Cardoso, Cassiano Eduardo Pinto, Marcelo Fett Pinto, Viviane Borba Ferrari
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: January 2022. :18-25
ISSN: 1835-2707
1835-2693
Popis: The objective was to evaluate the ingestive behavior of Angus yearling steers grazing natural grasslands of Southern Brazil, submitted or not to the application of fertilizers: NG= natural grassland; FNG= fertilized natural grassland, and FONG= fertilized natural grassland improved with the over sown of temperate forage species. Three Angus yearling steers and a variable number of put-and-take animals were used per experimental unit, to maintain a forage allowance of 13 kg of dry matter/100 kg of body weight. Ingestive behavior of tester animals was visually assessed in four seasons of the year through instantaneous records of activity every ten minutes during the daytime period. There was no effect of pasture treatments on ingestive behavior. An interaction between seasons and periods of the day was observed for daily grazing and rumination time (P
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