Implante auricular de progesterona em características de carcaça, carne e comportamento de fêmeas nelore confinadas

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Ferro, Rafael Alves da Costa
• Orientador(a): França, Aldi Fernandes de Souza
• Banca de defesa: França, Aldi Fernandes de Souza, Miyagi, Eliane Sayuri, Gonçalves, Klayto José, Taveira, Rodrigo Zaiden, Basto, Débora de Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-graduação em Zootecnia (EVZ)
• Departamento: Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia - EVZ (RG)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Gordura; Músculo; Progestágenos; Resposta fisiológica; Zebuínos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Fat; Muscle; Progestogens; Physiological response; Zebuines
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: ZOOTECNIA::PRODUCAO ANIMAL
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/5182

A large number of heifers and cows are used in Brazil for the production of meat, mainly due to the disposal of these animals on farms at the time of the herd replacement. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a synthetic-progesterone ear implant in weight, meat quality, physiological responses, and behavior of Nellore heifers raised in an intensive system. Twenty-eight Nellore heifers with an average initial weight of 240.89 kg were used in the experiment. All animals received the same feeding management, in an intensive raising system, with mineral salt and water available ad libitum. Heifers were distributed in a randomized complete design with two treatments (with and without a progesterone ear implant) and seven replicates, in 14 stalls. The parameters relative to carcass and meat quantitative and qualitative characteristics, represented by carcass weight and carcass dressing, conformation, marbling, color, meat texture, carcass measurements, longissimus dorsi area, and fat thickness were not affected by the progesterone hormone, provided by the ear implant. In the evaluation of the feeding, rumination, rest, sleeping, social, and body-care behaviors, no significant differences were observed. For the abnormal behavior, however, in which sodomy predominated, a significant difference was observed between the groups with and without the implant (p<0,05), whose frequencies were 1.3 and 2.3, respectively. For the physiological indicators rectal temperature, surface temperature, and respiratory frequency, only the frequency showed a significant difference between the treatments, with mean values of 35 and 32 movements per minute, respectively, for the heifers with and without the implant. Based on the responses obtained in this experiment, the progesterone ear implant does not influence the performance, meat quality, physiological responses, or the normal behavior of animals.