Estratégias de manejo de capim-massai pastejado por ovinos sob lotação intermitente

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Joelma da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Brasil; UFRN; PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM PRODUÇÃO ANIMAL
• Palavras-chave em Português: Componentes morfológicos; Manejo do pasto; Interceptação de luz; Índice de área foliar; Panicum maximum; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ZOOTECNIA::PRODUCAO ANIMAL
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/24076

The objective of this study was to evaluate the structural characteristics and the animal performance on capim-massai grass pastures under two light interception levels and two post-grazing canopy heights under intermittent stocking. Treatments were: 90/15; 95/15; 90/25 and 95/25. Intermittent grazing method and variable stocking rate were used to manage the grazing animals. The animals start grazing the paddocks was determined by the canopy´s light interception level and the end of grazing by the post-grazing canopy height. Total forage mass before and post-grazing, percentages of morphological plant constituents, forage accumulation rates, total dry matter intake, average daily live weight gain and total live weight gain were evaluated. The ingestive behavior of the sheep was evaluated at five minutes intervals to measure the time spent in grazing, ruminating, idling (minute) and bite rate (bites / minute). There was no significant difference for rotation period of paddocks with 11 days in average. The pastures managed with the 90/15, 90/25 and 95/25 combinations showed higher leaf percentages in pre-grazing. There was no difference between treatments and grazing cycles for total and rate of forage accumulation with averages of 6,344.9 kg / ha and 116.4 kg / ha.day, respectively. There was a grazing cycle effect for the final weight of the sheep. There were effects of frequency combinations and grazing intensities for the average daily gain, the highest gains were observed in the animals grazing pastures with 90/15, 90/25 and 95/25 (137, 153 and 154 g day -1, respectively). The stocking rate did not differ between treatments with a mean of 49.7 head (30kg/head) ha -1. There was an effect of sheep behavior for grazing time, rumination, idling and bite rates. The grazing management of capim-massai for sheep on an intermittent stocking systems that promotes better animal performance and greater efficiency of forage utilization is associated to light interception level and post-grazing canopy height of 90/15, 90/25 and 95/25.