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      Desempenho animal, produção de forragem e características estruturais dos capins marandu e xaraés submetidos a intensidades de pastejo Translated title: Animal performance, forage yield and structural characteristics in the palisadegrass cvs. marandu and xaraés submitted to grazing intensities

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          Os objetivos foram avaliar a produção de forragem, as características estruturais, a ingestão de forragem, o comportamento de ingestão e o desempenho animal de bovinos em pastos de capins marandu e xaraés submetidos a três intensidades de pastejo. O período experimental foi de outubro de 2005 a junho de 2006 em área de 8 hectares, divididos em 12 piquetes de 0,67 hectares. Foram avaliados dois cultivares de B. brizantha (Marandu e Xaraés) e três intensidades de pastejo (15, 30 e 45 cm de altura do dossel). O delineamento experimental foi de blocos completos casualizados com parcelas subdivididas com duas repetições. As parcelas principais foram constituídas pelos cultivares e as subparcelas pelas intensidades de pastejo. O método de pastejo utilizado foi de lotação contínua com taxa de lotação variável. Cada piquete foi pastejado por três novilhos e por animais reguladores, utilizados para ajustar as alturas do dossel. As alturas foram monitoradas duas vezes por semana. Os pastos foram amostrados a cada 28 dias para estimativa da massa de forragem, da taxa de acúmulo de forragem, das características estruturais e do valor nutritivo. Os animais foram pesados a cada 28 dias. O consumo de matéria seca foi estimado no verão e outono, e o comportamento de ingestão no verão. A taxa de acúmulo e o ganho médio diário decresceu à medida que aumentou a intensidade de pastejo nos pastos de capins xaraés e marandu. O consumo de forragem pelos animais nos pastos de capim xaraés foi limitado pela variação na estrutura do dossel. Considerando as características estruturais do dossel, o consumo de forragem e a produtividade, estes capins requerem práticas de manejo diferenciadas: o capim-marandu deve ser manejado entre 25 e 40 cm de altura e o capim-xaraés a 40 cm.

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          The objectives were to evaluate the forage yield, the structural characteristics, the herbage intake, the grazing behavior and beef cattle performance in the palisadegrass cvs. Marandu and Xaraés pastures submitted to three grazing intensities. The experiment was carried out at Embrapa Gado de Corte. The experimental period was from October 2005 to June 2006. The area was of 8 ha, divided in 12 paddocks of 0.67 ha. Two cultivars of palisadegrass, Marandu and Xaraés, and three grazing intensities, 15, 30, and 45 cm of sward height were evaluated. The experimental design was randomized block in a split plot arrangement and two replications. The main plot was constituted by cultivars and the subplot by the grazing intensities. The grazing was continuously stocking with variable stocking rate. Each paddock was grazed by three steers and regulating animals were utilized to adjust the sward heights. The sward heights were monitored twice per week. The grass was sampled each 28 days to estimate the herbage yield, herbage accumulation rate, pasture structural characteristics, and nutritive value. Animals were weighed each 28 days. The dry matter intake was estimated in the summer and the autumn, and the grazing behavior in the summer. Herbage accumulation and average daily gain decreased as the grazing intensities increased for both palisadegrass cvs. Xaraés and Marandu. The forage intake for the animals in xaraés grass pasture was limited by the variation in the sward structure. Based on the sward structural characteristics, forage intake and the productivity, these grasses require differentiated management. Marandu grass must be managed between 25 and 40 cm of height and xaraés grass at 40 cm.

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                Journal
                rbz
                Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
                R. Bras. Zootec.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia (Viçosa )
                1806-9290
                August 2008
                : 37
                : 8
                : 1355-1365
                Affiliations
                [1 ] UFMS
                [2 ] CNPq
                [3 ] Embrapa Gado de Corte
                [4 ] Embrapa Gado de Corte
                [5 ] CNPq
                [6 ] UFMS
                [7 ] Universidade Estadual de Maringá Brazil
                [8 ] Fundect
                [9 ] CAPES
                [10 ] Embrapa Gado de Corte
                [11 ] Embrapa Gado de Corte
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                S1516-35982008000800004
                10.1590/S1516-35982008000800004
                6a50551c-43f9-4cc7-9a3c-14a3abdef49e

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
                VETERINARY SCIENCES

                Animal agriculture,General veterinary medicine
                Brachiaria brizantha,forage accumulation,forage allowance,forage intake,nutritive value,pasture management,acúmulo de forragem,consumo de forragem,manejo de pastagem,oferta de forragem,valor nutritivo

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