Curva de crescimento de novilhas holandesas

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Emanuela Costa
• Orientador(a): Marcondes, Marcos Inácio
• Banca de defesa: Valadares Filho, Sebastião de Campos , Carneiro, Antônio Policarpo Souza
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado Profissionalizante em Zootecnia
• Departamento: Genética e Melhoramento de Animais Domésticos; Nutrição e Alimentação Animal; Pastagens e Forragicul
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Novilhas holandesas; Curva de crescimento; Regressão não linear
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Holstein heifers; Growth curve; Nonlinear Regression
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ZOOTECNIA::PRODUCAO ANIMAL
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5974

This study aimed to evaluate the growth curve of Holstein heifers. For this purpose, 839 weight and height measurements of heifers raised in Animal Science Department of Federal University of Viçosa was collected. Data collection was performed every 30 days in confined animals fed with sugarcane and corn silage, receiving on average 1 kg / head / day of concentrate. The correlation between body weight and age of heifers was describe by four nonlinear models: Brody: Weight (W) = A x (1 be-kt)3; Gompertz: W = A x exp(- be-kt); Logistics: W = A x (1 + be-kt)-1; Von Bertalanffy: W = A x (1 be-kt), where A = represents the adult weight; k = maturity rate; b = mathematical constant, no biological definition; t = age in days. The estimation model of body weight from the wither heightwas tested using the general dataset, i.e., using 839 measurements, and separately analyzed different weight categories: 0-500 kg; 0 -400 kg and 0-300 kg, which contained, respectively, 770, 647 and 530 observations.The weight / height ratio was evaluated as function of age, adjusted a simple linear regression in function of age. Was adjusted Heinrichs and exponential models to describe the weight of heifers in function of wither height. All models were fitted using SAS®software using MODEL, NLIN and GLM procedures. Regarding the setting of nonlinear models, the Logistic model showed better results, resulting in the estimates for the parameters: mature weight of 615 kg, maturity rate of 0.0056 and sexual maturity at about 307 kg. The wither height stabilization occurred at the age of 632 days (21 months at a height of 138 cm). Exponential model showed better results compared to Heinrichs model, therefore was chosen to describe the correlation between wither height and body weight. An estimated equation for this model was given by: Weight = 4.3577 x EXP (0.0343 x ALT), where ALT = wither height. The use of body measurements as wither height to estimate body weight of Holstein heifers can be performed until the age of 21 months, allowing small farmers,who do not have scales to monitor the development of the heifers.