Estresse térmico em cabras Saanen nos períodos seco e chuvoso criadas em clima tropical quente e úmido no Estado do Ceará

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Priscila Teixeira de
• Orientador(a): Araújo, Airton Alencar de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Zootecnia; Parâmetros fisiológicos; Índice de temperatura e umidade; Adaptabilidade.; Caprino; Animais - Fisiologia; Aclimatação
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/19071

This study aimed to evaluate the existence of heat stress in Saanen goats during the dry season and rainy in a hot humid tropical climate in the state of Ceara. For this, we assessed the climatic factors, air temperature (TA) and relative humidity (RH) inside and outside the shed, from 8 to 16 h, used to calculate the index of temperature and humidity (ITU) and as the monitoring of physiological parameters (rectal temperature, surface temperature, respiratory rate and heart rate) of 15 lactating goats twice a week, in the morning (9:00 am) and afternoon (14:00 h). The coefficient of adaptability (CA) was estimated by the test Benezra. The data were submitted to analysis of variance at 5% probability. Correlations between environmental variables and physiological parameters were performed using the method of Pearson (P <0.01). The results showed that the highest values of temperature inside and outside the shed, were recorded during the dry season, when the maximum temperatures (TAmax) and minimum (TAmin) was more out of the shed (FG) that in the shed (DG). In the rainy season, only significant difference at 12 h for TAmax (FG - 30.4 º C; DG - 28.5 º C) and 13 h for TAmin (FG - 29.3; DG - 28.2 º C). For relative humidity (RH) showed a statistical difference (P <0.05) at all times between the periods as the URAmax and URAmin inside and outside the shed, and values are always higher in the rainy season. The ITUmax was higher outside the shed at all times during the dry season, whereas in the rainy season only between 9 and 14 hours. Comparing the periods, ITUmax was higher in the rainy season, significant difference (P <0.05) in the shed between 9 and 12 and out of the shed between 9 and 11. For the average ITUmin, the highest values were also observed in the rainy season. All physiological parameters were higher in the afternoon and in the dry season, except for rectal temperature (RT) which was higher in the rainy season. The ITU estimated at the time of collection of physiological parameters was also higher in the afternoon, but between periods, was higher in the rainy season. The TA and the ITU had the best correlation with rectal temperature (r = 0.501 and r = 0.503, P <0.01) and FR (r = 0.642 and r = 0.578, P <0.01) in the rainy season and the surface temperature (TS) and the udder (TSU) with TA in the dry season (TS - r = 0.873 and TSU - r = 0.840), showing that temperature alone is the environmental factor with greatest impact on animal welfare. All correlations of environmental variables and the heart rate were low. The CA among the goats ranged from 4.5 to 6.0 in the dry season to 4.0 / 5.0 out rainy, and those well above the standard coefficient of adaptability, which equals 2.0. Environmental conditions of this study concluded that regardless of the period of the year, Saanen goats are exposed to a hostile environment, and the rainy season is the propitious period to cause heat stress, with higher rates of UTI and consequently high rectal temperature