201. Desempenho produtivo e econômico de novilhas Nelore suplementadas no período de transição seca-águas
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Joanis Tilemahos Zervoudakis, Renata Pereira da Silva-Marques, Luciana Keiko Hatamoto-Zervoudakis, André Alves de Oliveira, Lilian Chambó Rondena Pesqueira-Silva, Jefferson Fabiano Werner Koscheck, and Luciano da Silva Cabral
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geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,business.industry ,Biology ,Body weight ,Pasture ,Cattle feeding ,Total investment ,Biotechnology ,Animal science ,Economic viability ,Grazing ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,business - Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the body weight gain and the economic viability of Nelore heifers reared on pasture grass Marandu during transition dry-waters receiving energetic, proteic and multiple supplements. Twenty Nelore heifers were used, with average initial body weight of 189.75 ± 21.55 kg distributed in four paddocks of 1.6 ha each. The experimental design was completely randomized (four supplements and five replicates) to evaluate the following supplements: energetic supplement (ES) proteic supplement (PS) and multiple supplement (MS), provided that the amount of 1 kg animal day-1, beyond the exclusive supplement with mineral mixture (MM) ad libitum. The economic evaluation was conducted considering the return of invested capital by dividing the profit margin for the total investment involved in the process of supplementation. The average daily gain (ADG) was higher (P
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- 2015