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The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance, carcass traits and economic indicators of Santa Inês lambs and their crossings finished in feedlot. Thirty whole lambs (10 Santa Inês, 10 ½ Dorper + ½ Santa Inês and 10 ¾ Dorper + ¼ Santa Inês) were used, with 115 days of age and initial live weight of 20.07 kg. The lambs were kept for 60 days receiving sorghum silage and concentrate, after which they were slaughtered. The ¾ Dorper + ¼ Santa Inês lambs and the ½ Dorper + ½ Santa Inês lambs showed higher of dry matter intake and water intake, greater daily weight gain and body score in relation to Santa Inês lambs. The carcasses of ¾ Dorper + ¼ Santa Inês lambs showed better conformation, finishing and marbling. The gross profit margin showed positive values for all genetic groups, covering the effective operating cost. Dorper crossbred lambs had a higher gross margin compared to Santa Inês lambs. The cost of the diet represented on average 61.35% of the price paid per kilo of sheep meat. In the sheep meat production system, the genetic group influences the zootechnical and economic indicators of finishing feedlot of lambs.

The effect of the substitution of Tifton hay (0, 33, 66, 100 g/100 g) for pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) stubble hay was evaluated in the characteristics of the carcasses of goats of an unknown breed (UB) in feedlot. Thirty-two bucks with an average initial live weight of 17.5±1.3 kg, at approximately 150 days of age, were housed in individual stalls provided with feeding and drinking troughs. The animals were distributed in a completely randomized design with four treatments and eight replications. There was a quadratic effect on the weights of hot carcass and cold carcass, empty body, and loin eye area. A linear increase was observed for losses by carcass cooling. The weights of commercial cuts and the weights of total muscle, total bone, intramuscular fat, and total fat decreased linearly. All morphometric measurements were influenced by the inclusion of pineapple stubble hay in the .diets. Substitution of Tifton hay for pineapple stubble hay at the level of 33 g/100 g improves the carcasses of UB goats qualitatively and quantitatively

Objetivo. Con el objetivo de identificar el peso y rendimiento de los cortes comerciales, musculatura y adiposidad en las canales de borregos y cabritos pastando en la Caatinga suplementado con diferentes fuentes de suplementos; Estos incluyen bloques de alimentación. Material y métodos. Se utilizaron 60 machos no castrados con un peso corporal medio inicial de 18,63 ± 1,93 kg: 30 borregos y 30 cabritos, todos los animales no tenían un estándar de raza definido (WDBS). El diseño experimental utilizado fue totalmente al azar (DIC), en esquema factorial 3x2 (tres tipos de suplementación: sal mineral, MBs y MBs + heno buffel, y dos especies: borregos y cabritos) y 10 repeticiones. Los animales fueron criados en un sistema de pastoreo de pastizales en un área con vegetación característica del ecosistema de Caatinga bajo tres tipos de suplementación: 1: sal mineral solamente; 2: Bloques de alimentación (MBs); Y 3: MBs + heno buffel Se midió el peso, el rendimiento y los componentes de la mitad izquierda de la carcasa de corderos y cabritos. Resultados. Las cordeiros fueron superiores a las cabritos en conformación de carcasas, área de lomo, índice de musculatura de la pierna y índice de compacidad de la pierna mientras que las cabritos fueron superiores a las cordeiros en el peso de los músculos de las piernas. Conclusión. Cordeiros y cabritos, cuando se alimentan con suplementos de bloques de alimentación de pasto en el ecosistema de Caatinga; La suplementación con sal mineral y Bloques Multinutritivos con y sin Buffel puede ser utilizada para mejorar los rebaños en la caatinga, con resultados similares entre los tres. Las cordeiros muestran más adiposidad de carne que las cabritos, en contraste, las cabritos tienen mayor musculatura que las cordeiros cuando se alimentan con bloques de alimentación.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance, qualitative, morphometric and quantitative carcass traits of Santa Inês lambs of different frame sizes finished in a feedlot. Twenty 120-day-old intact lambs with a 25.0±3.1 kg average body weight at the beginning of the experiment were used. Lambs received a diet containing 17% crude protein and 2.70 Mcal/kg dry matter. Frame size influenced performance and tissue composition in the carcasses of the lambs. Lambs with large frame sizes showed better carcass conformation compared with those of medium-sized frames. Frame size was found to have a significant effect on rump perimeter. Large-framed lambs showed higher compactness on the carcass index and carcass dressing area compared with medium-framed lambs. The cuts of large-framed lambs weighed more than those of mediumframed lambs. However, no significant differences were found in dressing.

The objective of this study was to evaluate performance, carcass dressing and gross profit margin of lambs of different genotypes finished in feedlot with diets containing two levels of energy (2.40 Mcal/kg dry matter - DM or 2.90 Mcal/kg DM). Fifty-four non-castrated lambs of the following genotypes were used: Santa Inês, F1 Dorper × Santa Inês and F1 Santa Inês × undefined breed at approximately 150 d of age averaging 22.6 kg of live body weight. Lambs subjected to the diet containing 2.90 Mcal/kg DM stayed in feedlot for a shorter period of time. Moreover, they showed lower intake of dry matter and water in addition to greater daily weight gain and corporal score. There was interaction of feed conversion, carcass dressing yield and gross profit margin. The Dorper × Santa Inês lambs showed similar feed conversion in the two diets. However, Santa Inês lambs and Santa Inês × undefined breed lambs showed better feed conversion with the diet containing 2.90 Mcal/kg DM. The carcass dressings of the Santa Inês × undefined breed lambs were similar for both diets. Furthermore, the carcass dressing values were higher for the Santa Inês and Dorper × Santa Inês which received the diet with higher energy density. The gross profit margin is higher for Dorper × Santa Inês lambs in relation to genotype Santa Inês × undefined breed lambs when subjected to the diet with 2.40 Mcal/kg DM.

The present study aimed to assess the effect of supplementation on the performance of F1 (Boer × females of no defined breed) goats finished in native pasture. The experiment was conducted at the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Patos Campus, Paraíba, Brazil, with twenty-four 120-day-old non-castrated F1 (Boer × NDB) male goats, with a 15.52 kg live weight (LW). Animals were distributed in four levels of supplementation (0.0; 0.5; 1.0; 1.5% of body) and six replicates. In order to perform the evaluation of dry matter availability, the herbaceous vegetation was divided into grass and herbaceous dicotyledon and evaluated at the beginning (5/28/2007), in the middle (7/9/2007) and at the end (8/6/2007) of the experiment. In the beginning of the experiment, the availability of grass dry matter was 1,102.89 kg/ha, and at the end of the experiment, the availability of the referred matter was greater (1,494.81); on the other hand, the opposite occurred for the dicotyledons, with a dry matter content of 1,759.46 kg/ha in the beginning of the experiment, and only 236.76 kg/ha at the end of the experiment. Supplementation made it possible to estimate the increase in dry matter intake of 257.15 g/day and of 20.79 g/kg0.75/day, as well as the daily weight gain of 103 g for each percentage point increase that resulted from supplementation. The availability and nutritional quality of forage had a strong influence on the effect of supplementation on dry matter intake, with a negative response for supplementation levels of up to 0.74% of the live weight Consequently, the finishing of F1 crossbred goats in a grazing area in the Caatinga can be improved with the supplementation of concentrate at levels 1.0 to 1.5% of the live weight.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the levels of replacement of ground corn by forage cactus meal in the diet on the muscularity and adiposity of carcass of Santa Inês lambs finished at feedlot. This study was carried out at Estação Experimental de Pendência, belonging to Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária da Paraíba S.A. (EMEPA-PB). Forty male Santa Inês lambs in feedlot were used in the experiment. Treatments were randomly assigned to the animals according to a completely randomized design, with four treatments, that consisted of growing substitution levels of ground corn for forage cactus meal: 0, 33, 66 and 100% of substitution and ten replications (lambs). Animals were slaughtered and carcasses cooled for 24 hours for later assessment of conformation, morphometry, loin eye-muscle area, fatness, perirenal fat, marbling and subcutaneous fat thickness. Legs were separated for dissection of muscle, bone, subcutaneous fat, intermuscle fat and total fat, which were weighed for the determination of the muscle:bone and muscle:fat relation and the relative weight of tissue components. Averages were submitted to variance and regression analyses at a 5% level of probability. Diets had no effect on carcass conformation. However, a negative linear effect on weights and yields of fats was observed with the increased levels of forage cactus meal in the diet, and the opposite was observed in the muscle yield behavior. Forage cactus meal is biologically as efficient as ground corn, because it increases the muscularity and reduces the adiposity of the carcass of Santa Inês lambs in feedlot.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the replacement of a ground corn diet by a forage cactus meal diet on the carcass characteristics and body components of Santa Inês lambs finished in feedlot. This study was carried out at Estação Experimental de Pendência, belonging to Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária da Paraíba S.A. (EMEPA-PB). Forty Santa Inês male lambs in feedlot were used in the experiment. Treatments were randomly assigned to the animals according to a completely randomized design, with four treatments, which consisted of growing replacement levels of ground corn by forage cactus meal: 0, 33, 66 and 100% of substitution and ten replications (lambs). Animals were slaughtered, and the following characteristics were evaluated: body weight, empty body weight, hot carcass weight, cold carcass weight, non-carcass components (NCC), hot carcass yield, cold carcass yield, biological yield, revenue of non components of carcass, revenues of non-carcass components, relative weight and relative value of the commercial cuts, viscera and organs' yield. Averages were submitted to analysis of variance and regression analyses at a 5% level of probability. The replacement levels of ground corn by forage cactus meal had no influence on biological yield, revenue of the non components of carcass, relative weight and relative value of the prime and choice cuts or on the relative weight of viscera and organs. The replacement of ground corn by forage cactus meal, on the ration given to Santa Ines lambs in feedlot does not impact the biological yield, relative weight and relative value of prime and choice cuts or the relative weight of viscera and other organs.

Objetivou-se avaliar as características quantitativas de carcaça de cordeiros de diferentes genótipos recebendo diversos níveis de energia na dieta. Foram utilizados 54 cordeiros não-castrados, sendo 18 Santa Inês (SI), 18 F1Dorper × Santa Inês (Dp × SI) e 18 F1 Santa Inês × Sem Raça Definida (SI × SRD), com idade média de 150 dias e peso médio de 22,60 kg no início do experimento. As dietas continham 17% de proteína bruta e 2,40 Mcal/kg MS ou 2,90 Mcal/kg MS. Os cordeiros alimentados com a dieta contendo 2,90 Mcal/kg MS apresentaram maior peso corporal e de carcaça, área de olho-de-lombo, percentual de gordura interna, índice de musculosidade, índice de compacidade da carcaça, percentual de gordura e menor relação músculo:gordura. As carcaças desses cordeiros obtiveram também menores perdas por resfriamento e maior peso e percentual de paleta e perna. As carcaças dos cordeiros Dorper × Santa Inês foram superiores em espessura de gordura subcutânea, medida GR (gordura sobre a 12ª costela a 11 cm de distância da linha média lombo), percentual de gordura, relação músculo:osso, índice de musculosidade, peso e percentual de lombo. Os cordeiros Santa Inês apresentaram maior relação músculo:gordura. A dieta e o genótipo influenciam as características quantitativas de carcaça de cordeiros.The objective of this study was to evaluate the quantitative carcass traits of lambs from different genotypes receiving different levels of energy in the diet. Fifty-four non-castrated lambs - 18 Santa Inês (SI), 18 F1Dorper × Santa Inês (Dp × SI) and 18 F1Santa Inês × No defined breed (SI × NDB) - of average 150 days old and 22.6-kg BW were used in the beginning of the experiment. Diets contained 17% crude protein and 2.40 Mcal/kg DM or 2.90 Mcal/kg DM. Lambs fed the diet containing 2.90 Mcal/kg DM showed higher final live and carcass weight, loin eye area, percentage of internal fat, muscularity index, compactness of the carcass index, percentage of fat and lower muscle:fat relation. These lambs' carcasses also presented lower percentage of cold loss and higher weight and percentage of shoulder and leg. Carcasses of Dp × SI lambs were superior in fat thickness, GR site, percentage of fat, muscle:bone relation, muscularity index, weight and percentage of loin. Santa Inês sheep showed higher muscle:fat relation. Both diet and genotype influence quantitative carcass traits of lambs.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of carcass and non-carcass components in Brazilian semi-arid native goats of different genotypes in feedlot system. It was used 30 non-castrated Azul, Graúna and Moxotó goats with average initial weight of 15.93 ± 2.4, distributed in a completely randomized design with 3 genotypes and 10 replicates. The experimental diet used had a roughage:concentrate ratio of 47:53. There was a significant effect for weight gain and subcutaneous fat thickness according to genotype. Retail cut yields did not differ among the studied breeds. The percentage of non-carcass components in relation to live weight and empty body weight were not different among genotypes. Graúna and Azul genotypes showed daily gain greater than Moxotó genotype. The subcutaneous fat thickness presented by Azul and Moxotó genotypes was greater than that of Graúna genotype. All genotypes have good quantitative and morphometric carcass traits in addition to satisfactory yields of cut and non-carcass components, but for subcutaneous fat thickness (carcass finishing), Azul and Moxotó genotypes stand out.

The objective of this study was to estimate tissue composition of the carcass from physical composition of commercial cuts of F1 crossbred goats (Boer with females of non-defined racial standard) finished on native pasture with four levels of supplementation with concentrate (0.0; 0.5; 1.0 and 1.5% of BW in dry matter). It was used 24 non-castrated animals at initial body weight of 15.52 kg and at 120 days of age. The carcass was sectioned in the half, and from the lefthalf carcass, the following cuts were detached: leg, loin, ribs, shoulder and neck, which were dissected in muscle, bone and fat. Carcass weight and yield were predicted from the weight and yield of tissues in the commercial cuts by regression analysis. All the cuts can be used to predict muscle and fat weight in the carcass. For the muscle, the relationship was linear and positive in the cuts leg, ribs, shoulder and neck, and cubic in the loin; for all the cuts, fat kept a linear relationship with the carcass. Muscle and fat yield of all the commercial cuts showed a positive linear relationship with carcass yield, except for rib fat, for which a cubic relationship was found. Considering all the results obtained and using the relationship with the highest determination coefficient, the ribs were the cut that provided the best estimate of the carcass muscle and fat yields of F1 crossbred goats (Boer with females of non-defined racial standard) finished on native pasture.Objetivou-se estimar a composição tecidual da carcaça a partir da composição física dos cortes comerciais de caprinos mestiços F1 (Boer com fêmeas de padrão racial não definido) terminados em pastagem nativa com quatro níveis de suplementação com concentrado (0,0; 0,5; 1,0 e 1,5% do PC em matéria seca). Utilizaram-se 24 animais não-castrados com peso corporal inicial de 15,52 kg e 120 dias de idade. A carcaça foi seccionada ao meio, e da meia-carcaça esquerda foram separados os cortes: perna, lombo, costilhar, paleta e pescoço, os quais foram dissecados em músculo, osso e gordura. O peso e rendimento da carcaça foram preditos a partir do peso e o rendimento dos tecidos nos cortes comerciais, por meio de análise de regressão. Todos os cortes podem ser utilizados para predizer os pesos de músculo e de gordura na carcaça. Para músculo, a relação foi linear e positiva nos cortes perna, costilhar, paleta e pescoço e cúbica no lombo; para todos os cortes, a gordura manteve relação linear com a carcaça. O rendimento de músculo e de gordura dos cortes comerciais apresentou relação linear positiva com o da carcaça, exceto para gordura do costilhar, para o qual a relação foi cúbica. Considerando todos os resultados e utilizando a relação com o maior coeficiente de determinação, o costilhar foi o corte que possibilitou melhor estimativa do rendimento de músculo e de gordura da carcaça de caprinos mestiços F1 (Boer com fêmeas de padrão racial não definido) terminados em pastagem nativa.

Objetivou-se avaliar as características de carcaça por ultrassonografia em tempo real e após o abate e a relação entre essas características e os rendimentos de carcaça de cordeiros de diferentes genótipos terminados em confinamento com diversos níveis de energia na dieta. Foram utilizados 54 cordeiros não-castrados - 18 Santa Inês puros (SI), 18 ½Dorper x ½Santa Inês (Dp x SI) e 18 ½Santa Inês x ½Sem Raça Definida (SI x SRD) - com média de 150 dias de idade e peso médio de 22,60 kg no início do experimento. As dietas continham 17% de proteína bruta e 2,40 Mcal/kg MS e 2,90 Mcal/kg MS. As mensurações realizadas por ultrassonografia e diretamente na carcaça dos cordeiros apresentaram resultados similares. Os cordeiros alimentados com a dieta contendo 2,90 Mcal/kg apresentaram maior área de olho-de-lombo, melhor conformação e acabamento de carcaça e maior quantidade de gordura pélvico-renal. Os cordeiros Dp x SI apresentaram maior área de olho-de-lombo e musculosidade por 100 kg de PV em comparação aos SI x SRD e foram superiores a todos os genótipos quanto à espessura de gordura subcutânea, à conformação e ao acabamento de carcaça. O marmoreio observado nos cordeiros Dp x SI foi superior aos dos Santa Inês. As correlações das medidas tomadas por ultrassonografia e na carcaça foram altas e significativas, exceto o marmoreio. Houve correlação significativa entre conformação da carcaça e acabamento, marmoreio, espessura de gordura subcutânea e gordura pélvico-renal. As gorduras de cobertura avaliadas subjetivamente e objetivamente apresentaram correlações altas e significativas. A dieta e o genótipo influenciam as características de carcaça de cordeiros.The objective of this study was to evaluate carcass traits through ultrasonography in real time and after slaughter and the relationship between these traits and carcass yields of lambs with different genotypes finished in feedlot with several levels of energy in the diet. It was used 54 non-castrated lambs: 18 pure Santa Inês (SI), 18 ½Dorper x ½Santa Inês (Dp x SI) and 18 ½Santa Inês x ½ Without Standard Defined Breed (SI x WSDB), at an average age of 150 days and at an average body weight of 22.6 kg at the beginning of the experiment. Diets contained 17% of crude protein, 2.40 Mcal/kg DM and 2.90 Mcal/kg DM. Measurements made by ultrasonography and directly on carcass of the lambs showed similar results. Lambs fed diets containing 2.90 Mcal/kg showed larger loin eye area, better carcass conformation and finishing and higher amount of pelvic-renal fat. Lambs Dp x SI showed larger loin eye areas and muscularity per 100 kg of body weight in comparison to SI x SRD lambs and they were superior to all genotypes regarded to subcutaneous fat thickness, conformation and finishing carcass. Marbling observed in Dp x SI lambs were superior than in Santa Inês lambs. Correlations of measures taken by ultrasonography and on the carcass were high and significant, except marbling. There was a significant correlation among carcass conformation and finishing, marbling, subcutaneous fat thickness and pelvic-renal thickness. Backfat subjectively and objectively evaluated showed high and significant correlations. Diet and genotype influence characteristics of carcass of lambs.

The present study aimed to assess the effect of levels of supplementation with concentrate on the tissue composition of commercial cuts of goats finished in native pasture. It was used 24 non-castrated cross-bred F1 (Boer × SPRD) goats at the age of 120 days, with initial average body weight (BW) of 15.52 kg distributed in four levels of supplementation with concentrated feed (0.0; 0.5; 1.0 and 1.5% of body weight in dry matter) and slaughtered at 25.12 kg; 26.62 kg; 28.56 kg and 29.19 kg, respectively, corresponding to 218 days of life. The carcass was sectioned in the half, and from the left half of the carcass, the following cuts were separated: leg, loin, ribs, shoulder and neck, which were dissected into muscle, bone and fat, with the results expressed in weight and yield of the tissues in relation to the weight of the cut. Supplementation incresead the muscle weight, as well as the fat weight and yield and decreased the muscle:fat relationship; however there was no influence on the proportion of muscle in the five studied cuts. Therefore, in order to obtain better finished commercial meat cuts, supplementation of 1.0 and 1.5% of body weight is recommended. Nevertheless, supplementation is unnecessary for obtaining lighter meat cuts with a good proportion of muscle.Com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito dos níveis de suplementação com concentrado na composição tecidual dos cortes comerciais de caprinos terminados em pastagem nativa utilizaram-se 24 animais, não-castrados, mestiços F1 (Boer × SPRD), com peso vivo (PV) médio inicial de 15,52 kg e 120 dias de idade, distribuídos em quatro níveis de suplementação com concentrado (0,0; 0,5; 1,0 e 1,5% do PV em matéria seca) e abatidos aos 25,12 g; 26,62; 28,56 e 29,19 kg, respectivamente, correspondentes a 218 dias de idade. A carcaça foi seccionada ao meio e da meia-carcaça esquerda, foram separados os cortes perna, lombo, costilhar, paleta e pescoço, os quais foram dissecados em músculo, osso e gordura e os resultados expressos em peso e em rendimento dos tecidos em relação ao peso do corte. A suplementação aumentou o peso de músculo e o peso e rendimento de gordura e reduziu a relação músculo:gordura, mas não influenciou a proporção de músculo dos cinco cortes. Assim, para obtenção de cortes comerciais de melhor acabamento, recomenda-se suplementação de 1,0 e 1,5% do PV, mas, se a finalidade for cortes mais leves e com boa proporção de músculo, a suplementação e desnecessária.

Este trabalho foi realizado com os objetivos de avaliar os efeitos da alimentação e do genótipo sobre as características quantitativas de carcaça de cordeiros terminados em confinamento e estimar sua margem bruta. Foram utilizados 18 cordeiros de cada genótipo: Morada Nova, Santa Inês e mestiços Dorper × Santa Inês. As rações foram constituídas de 2,5 Mcal EM/kg MS e 2,94 Mcal EM/kg MS. Utilizou-se um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 3 × 2. As dietas influenciaram o ganho de peso diário, o peso de corpo vazio, o escore corporal, a eficiência alimentar e o tempo de confinamento, enquanto o genótipo promoveu diferenças em todas as variáveis estudadas. A densidade calórica das dietas influenciou os rendimentos biológicos, de carcaça quente e fria, esses dois últimos influenciados pelos genótipos. A dieta mais energética (2,94 Mcal EM/kgMS) proporcionou maiores pesos absolutos de pescoço, paleta, costela, lombo e perna, porém, em valores relativos, cordeiros alimentados com diferentes níveis energéticos não diferiram quanto a essas características, independentemente do nível energético da dieta. Os rendimentos percentuais dos cortes foram influenciados pelos genótipos, exceto o corte pescoço. Os pesos de todos os cortes foram influenciados pelos genótipos. A maior margem bruta de carcaça foi obtida com ração de maior nível energético.This study was performed with the objective of assessing the effects of feed and genotype on the quantitative characteristics of carcasses of lambs finished in a feedlot and estimate gross margins. Eighteen lambs of each genotype were used: Morada Nova, Santa Inês and cross-breed Dorper × Santa Inês. Feeds with low and high energetic levels consisted of 2.5 Mcal ME/kg DM and 2.94 Mcal ME/kg DM, respectively. A randomized complete design was used, with a 3 × 2 factorial scheme. The diets influenced daily weight gain, empty body weight, body score, feed efficiency and feedlot days, whilst the genotype promoted differences in all the variables studied. The caloric density of the diets influenced the biological hot and cold carcass yields, and the latter two were influenced by genotype. The more energetic diet (2.94 Mcal EM/kgDM) resulted in higher absolute weights of neck, shoulder, rib, loin and leg, but, in relative values, lambs fed with different energetic levels did not differ for these characteristics, regardless of the energetic level of the diet. The percentage yield of the cuts was influenced by the genotypes, except for the neck. The weights of all the cuts were influenced by genotypes. The treatment with the highest energy level resulted in the largest gross margin.

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o efeito da suplementação na composição tecidual e química da perna e do lombo de ovinos Santa Inês terminados em pastejo. Foram utilizados 24 ovinos castrados, com peso vivo médio (PV) de 15,8 kg e 3 a 4 meses de idade, distribuídos em três níveis de suplementação com concentrado (0; 1,0 e 1,5% do PV), num delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com três tratamentos e oito repetições. A perna e o lombo foram dissecados em músculo, ossos e gordura, para determinação da composição tecidual, e a carne foi utilizada na determinação da composição química. A suplementação influenciou os rendimentos de músculos, ossos, gordura, matéria seca, cinzas, proteína bruta e gordura do lombo e da perna. A suplementação melhora o rendimento muscular e a composição química do lombo e da perna de ovinos Santa Inês terminados em pastagem nativa. Quando o objetivo for obter carcaças mais leves, o nível de concentrado recomendável é de 1,0% do PV e, se a finalidade for adquirir carcaças mais pesadas, recomenda-se o nível de 1,5%.The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of feed supplementation on the chemical and tissue composition of leg and loin from carcass of Santa Inês lambs, finished on pasture. Twenty-four castrated 3 to 4 month-old Santa Inês lambs were used, initial live body weight (LW) 15.8 kg, distributed in three concentrate supplementation levels (0.0, 1.0 and 1.5% LW). A randomized complete design was used, with three treatments and eight replications (lambs). The leg and loin were dissected in muscle, bone, fat and to determine tissue composition and the meat was submitted to chemical analyses. The supplementation influenced the yields of loin and leg muscles, bones, fat, dry matter, ash, crude protein and fat. The supplementation improved muscle yield and chemical composition of the loin and leg from Santa Inês lambs finished on native pasture. When the objective is to produce lighter carcasses, the recommended concentrate level is 1.0% LW, and 1.5% LW is recommended to produce heavier carcasses.

Objetivou-se avaliar o efeito da suplementação nas características de carcaça de cabritos F1 Boer × SRD terminados em pastagem nativa. Foram utilizados 24 caprinos F1 Boer × SRD, não-castrados, com 120 dias de idade e com peso vivo inicial de 15,52 kg. Os animais foram identificados, vermifugados e distribuídos de forma aleatória em quatro níveis de suplementação (0,0; 0,5; 1,0 e 1,5%), perfazendo seis repetições por tratamento. O manejo alimentar consistiu de pastejo com lotação contínua das 7h30 às 16 h, quando os animais foram recolhidos às baias para suplementação em gaiolas individuais equipadas com cochos e bebedouros. O trato gastrintestinal (TGI) foi pesado cheio e vazio, assim como a bexiga e a vesícula biliar, para obtenção do peso de corpo vazio (PCV). O rendimento dos órgãos e das vísceras apresentou tendência diferente à observada para peso absoluto, exceto para rendimento das patas, que apresentou comportamento linear decrescente. Os pesos e os rendimentos da carcaça quente e fria, bem como o peso do corpo vazio e o rendimento biológico, apresentaram resposta positiva aos níveis de suplementação. Na análise da participação dos cortes comerciais na carcaça, apenas o rendimento do pescoço aumentou de forma linear com o aumento dos níveis de suplementação. Os pesos do trato gastrintestinal cheio e do conteúdo gastrintestinal não responderam aos níveis de suplementação. O peso do conteúdo gastrintestinal foi determinante para o efeito da suplementação no peso do trato gastrintestinal cheio. O peso de todos os cortes comerciais respondeu de forma positiva à suplementação.The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplementation on the carcass characteristics of crossbred Boer goats finished on native pasture. Twenty-four Boer crossbreed goats were used, 120 days old and with an initial 15.52 kg BW. The supplemental feeding was randomly assigned to the animals according to a completely randomized design with 4 supplementation levels (0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%) and six replications (goats). The animals had access to the pasture from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. throughout the experimental period and were taken to stalls to receive supplemental feeding in individual cages equipped with hods and a water. Full and empty digestive tract (DT) were weighed, as well as the bladder and gall bladder to obtain the empty body weight (EBW). The visceras yield tended to be different from that observed for absolute weight, except for hoof yield that presented a decreasing linear behavior. The hot and cold carcass weights and the yields and the empty body weight and the biological yield presented positively response to the supplementation levels. Regarding the participation of wholesale cuts in the carcass, only the neck yield presented linear effect in response to the increase in supplementation levels. Full digestive tract and digestive content weights did not respond to the supplementation levels. The digestive content weight was decisive for the effect of supplemental feeding in the full digestive tract weight. Wholesale cuts weight responded positively to the supplementation levels.

Objetivou-se avaliar o efeito do genótipo sobre as características morfométricas e quantitativas de carcaça de cabritos e cordeiros terminados em confinamento. Foram utilizados 34 animais machos não-castrados (12 cabritos ½ Boer ´ ½ SRD; 12 cabritos ½ Anglo-Nubiana × ½ SRD; e 10 cordeiros Santa Inês) com peso corporal médio de 18,3 kg e idade média de 135 dias no início do experimento. As médias de altura de cernelha, compacidade corporal e perímetro torácico do genótipo Santa Inês foram superiores às dos genótipos caprinos. Os rendimentos de carcaça quente e fria dos genótipos foram semelhantes, porém, as perdas por resfriamento nos mestiços anglo-nubianos e dos cordeiros Santa Inês foram maiores que nos mestiços Boer. Foram observadas diferenças significativas entre genótipos apenas para compacidade da carcaça. Cordeiros depositam mais gordura de cobertura na carcaça e apresentam maior área de olho-de-lombo e circunferência da perna que cabritos.The objective of this study was to evaluate the genotype effect on the morphometric and quantitative characteristics of carcasses of kids and lambs finished in feedlot. A total of 34 entire male animals was used, 12 kid goats (½ Boer ´ ½ SRD), 12 kid goats (½ Anglo Nubiano ´ ½ SRD) and 10 Santa Inês sheep, with initial live weight of 18.3 kg, average age of 135 days at the beginning of the trial. The averages of withers height, corporal compactness and thoracic perimeter of the Santa Inês genotype were superior to those of the kid genotypes. The hot and cold carcass dressing of the genotypes was similar, but losses from cooling in the Anglo Nubiano crossbred kid goats and Santa Inês lambs were larger than in the Boer crossbreds. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes only for carcass compactness. The lambs deposited more covering fat, presented larger loin eye area and leg circumference than the kid goats.

Objetivou-se avaliar os efeitos do grupo genético e da condição corporal sobre os rendimentos de carcaça de cordeiros terminados em confinamento. Foram utilizados 24 cordeiros Santa Inês e 24 cordeiros ½ Dorper × ½ Santa Inês com peso médio de 19,8 kg e idade média de 103 dias. O período de adaptação às instalações e à dieta foi de 14 dias. Os animais receberam ração completa com 30% de feno de maniçoba (Manihot pseudoglaziovii) e 70% de concentrado. O delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 2 × 3, composto de dois grupos genéticos e três condições corporais, com diferentes números de repetições. Não houve diferença entre os grupos genéticos para as características quantitativas estudadas, exceto o percentual de gordura interna, a espessura de gordura subcutânea na condição gorda e os rendimentos de perna e costela na condição corporal intermediária. O efeito da condição corporal dentro do grupo genético aumenta o percentual de gordura interna, a espessura de gordura subcutânea, o índice de compacidade da carcaça e os pesos dos cortes, exceto do pescoço, nos cordeiros Dorper × Santa Inês.The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the genotypes and body condition on the carcass dressing of lambs finished in feedlot. Twenty-four Santa Inês and 24 ½ Dorper × ½ Santa Inês crossbred lambs averaging 19.8 kg of weight and 103 days old were used in the trial. The adaptation period to the facilities and diet was of 14 days. The animals received complete ration with 30% of maniçoba hay (Manihot pseudoglaziovii) and 70% of concentrate. The experimental design consisted of a completely randomized 2 × 3 factorial design (two genotypes and three corporal conditions) with different number of replicates. No differences between genotypes for the quantitative carcass traits studied were observed, except for the percentage of internal fat, fat thickness in the fat condition and dressing of the leg and rib in the intermediate corporal condition. The effect of the body condition within the genotype increases the internal fat percentage, fat thickness, compactness index of the carcass and weights of the saleable cuts, except for the weight of the neck in Dorper × Santa Inês crossbred lambs.

Avaliaram-se o desempenho e a margem bruta de lucro de cordeiros terminados em confinamento. Foram utilizados 32 cordeiros não-castrados - 16 Santa Inês (SI) e 16 ½ Dorper × ½ Santa Inês (DpSI) - com 103 dias de idade e 20,0 kg de peso corporal. Os cordeiros receberam ração completa com 30% de feno de maniçoba (Manihot pseudoglaziovii) e 70% de concentrado. O período de adaptação às instalações e à dieta foi de 14 dias. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 2 × 2, composto de dois genótipos e dois escores corporais. Não foi observado efeito significativo dos genótipos sobre nenhuma característica de desempenho estudada, contudo, os mestiços (DpSI) possibilitaram maior margem bruta de lucro. A condição corporal afetou significativamente o consumo de matéria seca, a conversão alimentar e o número de dias em confinamento. Os cordeiros com condição corporal intermediária consumiram 1,04 kg/dia e 82,64 g/kg0,75, enquanto aqueles com condição gorda consumiram 1,15 kg/dia e 86,79 g/kg0,75. Os cordeiros com condição corporal intermediária apresentaram menor consumo de matéria seca e melhor conversão alimentar, o que resultou em menor número de dias em confinamento e maior margem bruta de lucro em comparação aos cordeiros com condição corporal gorda, independentemente do genótipo.The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and the gross margin of profit of lambs finished in feedlot. Thirty-two no castrate male lambs from the genotype Santa Inês and crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês and two body condition, intermediate and fat, were used. The lambs were 16 Santa Inês (SI) and 16 ½ Dorper × ½ Santa Inês (DpSI), with average 103 days old and 20.0 kg BW. The lambs were full fed ration with 30% of maniçoba hay (Manihot pseudoglaziovii) and 70% of concentrate. The adaptation period to the installation and the diet was of 14 days. A completely randomized design in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement (genotype and body conditions score) was used. There was no significant effect of genotypes on any performance characteristic, however, the crossbred (DpSI) obtained greater margin of profit. The body condition affected the dry matter intake, feed conversion and the number of days in feedlot. The lambs with intermediate body condition consumed 1.04 kg/day and 82.64 g/kg0.75, while those with fat body condition consumed 1.15 kg/day and 86.79 g/kg0.75. The lambs with intermediate body condition showed lower dry matter intake and better feed conversion, which resulted in fewer days in feedlot and greater gross margin of profit compared to lambs with fat body condition, independently of the genotype.

Realizou-se este experimento na Estação Experimental de Pendência pertencente à EMEPA-PB, localizada no Município de Soledade-PB, com o objetivo de avaliar os parâmetros fisiológicos e hematológicos de caprinos de diferentes grupos genéticos sob as condições do semi-árido. Foram utilizados 30 caprinos machos inteiros, com peso médio de 25,17 kg, sendo seis animais de cada grupo genético: ½ Boer + ½ SRD (BO), ½ Anglo-Nubiana + ½ SRD (AN), ½ Savana + ½ SRD (SA), ½ Kalarari + ½ SRD (KA) e ½ Moxotó + ½ SRD (MO). Verificou-se efeito significativo (PThis experiment was realized in Pendencia's experimental station of EMEPA-PB in Soledade- PB city. It aimed to avaliate the fisiological and hematological parameters of caprines from diferent genetic groups in the semi-arid conditions. Thirty males weithing about 25,17 kg were used, being six animals from each genetic group: ½ Boer + ½ SRD (BO), ½ Anglo-Nubiana + ½ SRD (AN), ½ Savana + ½ SRD (SA), ½ Kalarari + ½ SRD (KA) e ½ Moxotó + ½ SRD (MO). It was verified significative effect (P

Objetivou-se com este trabalho determinar a temperatura superficial e o índice de tolerância ao calor de caprinos (F1) resultantes de cruzamentos entre as raças Boer, Savana, Kalahari, Anglo Nubiana e Moxotó, com caprinos SRD, da região Nordeste. Foram utilizados 30 caprinos inteiros, com idade média de seis meses e peso médio de 25,17kg, sendo seis de cada grupo genético: ½Boer + ½SRD (BS), ½Anglo-Nubiana + ½SRD (ANS), ½Savana + ½SRD (SS), ½Kalarari + ½SRD (KS) e ½Moxotó + ½SRD (MS), mantidos em regime de confinamento. Os parâmetros estudados foram a temperatura superficial e o índice de tolerância ao calor (ITC). Verificou-se que os grupos raciais apresentaram diferença significativa para a temperatura superficial, todavia o ITC foi semelhante para todos. Assim a utilização desses grupos raciais para incrementar a produtividade caprina no semi-árido pode ser aconselhada.One aimed with this work to determine the superficial temperature and the index of tolerance to the heat of goats (F1) resultants of crossings among these breed, Boer, Savanna, Kalahari, Anglo Nubiana and Moxotó, with goat in no definite breed of the northeast area. Thirty goats were used, with medium age of six months and medium weight of 25,17kg being six of each genetic group: ½Boer + ½SRD (BS), ½Anglo-Nubiana + ½SRD (ANS), ½Savana + ½SRD (SS), ½Kalarari + ½SRD (KS) and ½Moxotó + ½SRD (BAD), maintained in confinement regime. The studied parameters were the superficial temperature and the index of tolerance to the heat (ITC). One verified that the genetic groups presented significant difference for the superficial temperature, though ITC went similar for all. So, the use of these genetic groups to increase the goats productivity in the semi-arid can be advised.

O trabalho foi conduzido objetivando-se a avaliar a adaptabilidade entre caprinos exóticos (Boer, Savana e Anglo-Nubiana) e nativos (Moxotó) no Semi-árido paraibano. Foram utilizados 40 animais, dez de cada raça, distribuídos num delineamento inteiramente casualizado com quatro tratamentos e dez repetições. Os dados climatológicos foram registrados diariamente às 9:00 e às 15:00 horas e os parâmetros fisiológicos estudados foram: temperatura retal (TR), freqüência respiratória (FR) e temperatura superficial (TS) e foram aferidos duas vezes por semana, no período da manhã e da tarde. Houve efeito de turno (P0,05) entre as raças. Todas as raças demonstraram estarem bem adaptadas fisiologicamente às condições climáticas do Semi-árido e apresentam o mesmo grau de tolerância ao calor.The experiment was carried out to evaluate the adaptability of exotic (Boer, Savanna and Anglo-Nubiana) and native (Moxotó) goats of the Semi-arid of Paraiba. Forty animals were used, ten of each breed, allotted in a completely randomized design with four treatments and ten replications. The climatological data were registered daily at 9:00 am and at 3:00 pm and the physiological parameters studied were: rectal temperature (RT), respiratory frequency (RF) and surface temperature (ST) and they were checked twice a week, in the morning and in the afternoon. There was significant effect (P

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o comportamento fisiológico de diferentes grupos genéticos de caprinos mediante respostas fisiológicas da temperatura retal, freqüência cardíaca e freqüência respiratória, e do gradiente entre temperatura retal e temperatura superficial e do gradiente entre temperatura superficial e temperatura ambiente, sob às condições do semi-árido. Foram utilizados trinta caprinos inteiros, sendo seis animais de cada grupo genético: ½ Boer + ½ SRD, ½ Anglo-Nubiana + ½ SRD, ½ Savana + ½ SRD, ½ Kalarari + ½ SRD e ½ Moxotó + ½ SRD, com peso médio de 25,17 kg, distribuídos num delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em parcelas subdivididas no tempo. A alimentação consistiu numa ração composta de concentrado e volumoso. As variáveis ambientais registradas foram: temperatura máxima e mínima; temperatura do bulbo seco e bulbo úmido; temperatura do globo negro na sombra; umidade relativa do ar e ITGU. As tomadas dos parâmetros fisiológicos e das variáveis ambientais foram feitas às 9 horas e às 15 horas. No turno da tarde a freqüência respiratória foi significativamente (P0,05) de grupo genético e nem de turno para os parâmetros fisiológicos temperatura retal e freqüência cardíaca. Houve efeito significativo (PThis work was to evaluate the adaptation of different genetic groups of goats through the physiologic , the rectal temperature, heart frequency and breathing frequency of the thermal gradient parameters under the conditions of the semi-arid region. Thirty non-castred goats were used, being six animals of each genetic group: Boer ½ + ½ WDR (without defined race), ½ Anglo-Nubiana + ½ WDR, ½ Savana + ½ WDR, ½ Kalarari + ½ WDR and ½ Moxotó + ½ WDR, with medium weight of 25.17kg, were assigned in a randomized in a split plot design in time. The feeding was done by a confinement ration the bulky. The meteorological maximum and minimum temperature, temperature of the dry bulb and humid bulb, temperature of the black globe in the shadow and relative humidity of the air were registred. The sockets of the physiologic parameters and of the environmental variables were done at 9:00h and the 15:00h. In the shift of the afternoon the breathing frequency was significantly (P 0.05) effect of genetic group also any effect of shift on the physiologic parameters such as rectal temperature and heart frequency. There was significant effect (P

O experimento foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito do tratamento com hidróxido de sódio (NaOH) na fração fibrosa, no teor de tanino e na digestibilidade in vitro da matéria seca do feno de jurema-preta. As folhas foram colhidas manualmente e desidratadas à sombra. O tratamento químico consistiu na pulverização do feno com solução de 0; 2; 4; 6 e 8% de NaOH, na proporção de 1 litro da solução para 1 kg de feno. Amostras do feno foram submetidas à determinação da matéria seca (MS), proteína bruta (PB), fibra em detergente neutro (FDN), fibra em detergente ácido (FDA), tanino e digestibilidade in vitro da matéria seca (DIVMS), que se constituíram nas variáveis analisadas. O delineamento foi o inteiramente casualizado, com cinco tratamentos e quatro repetições. O tratamento com NaOH proporcionou efeito linear decrescente nos teores de MS, hemicelulose e tanino, enquanto, para FDN e FDA, ocorreu efeito quadrático. A PB não foi afetada e a DIVMS melhorou com o aumento da concentração de NaOH. A estimativa da DIVMS pelo teor de tanino, apesar de significativa, carece de mais estudos.

The performance and qualitative carcass traits of Santa Inês and crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês lambs finished in feedlot with different body conditions were evaluated. Forty-eight lambs averaging 20.0 kg of body weight and 103 days old and 32 lambs, 16 from each genotype, were used respectively for the evaluation of qualitative carcass traits and performance. Dorper  Santa Inês lambs presented lower dry matter intake and better feed conversion in the intermediate body condition when compared to Santa Inês. Body condition affected dry matter intake and feed conversion of crossbred lambs. Dorper  Santa Inês lambs had better carcass conformation and higher subcutaneous fat thickness when slaughtered at high body condition in relation to the intermediate one, while Santa Inês lambs were similar in both body conditions.Objetivou-se avaliar o desempenho e as características qualitativas de carcaça de cordeiros Santa Inês e mestiços Dorper × Santa Inês terminados em confinamento com diferentes condições corporais. Na avaliação das características qualitativas de carcaça, utilizaram-se 48 cordeiros não-castrados, com 103 dias de idade e peso médio de 20,0 kg, (24 da raça Santa Inês e 24 mestiços ½ Dorper × ½ Santa Inês), enquanto, na avaliação do desempenho, utilizaram-se 32 cordeiros, 16 de cada genótipo. Na condição corporal intermediária, os cordeiros mestiços Dorper × Santa Inês apresentaram menor consumo de matéria seca e melhor conversão alimentar, em comparação aos Santa Inês. A condição corporal influenciou o consumo de matéria seca e a conversão alimentar dos cordeiros mestiços. Os cordeiros mestiços Dorper × Santa Inês apresentaram melhor conformação e maior espessura de gordura subcutânea quando abatidos na condição corporal gorda em relação à intermediária, enquanto os cordeiros Santa Inês foram semelhantes nessas duas condições corporais.