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Organic matter compartments in an Ultisol under integrated agricultural and livestock production systems in the Cerrado

Ciênc. rural (Online); 52 (10), 2022
Integrated agricultural production systems have the potential to increase organic matter content, which is reflected in the soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) concentrations. Here, we evaluated the C and N stocks and its compartments in a typical distro cohesive yellow Ultisol under the no-till (NT) and cr...

Spatial distribution of Brazilian bovine taurine breeds associated with climatic, physical and socioeconomic variables

The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial distribution of purebred Bos taurus taurus bovine breeds raised in Brazil in association with climatic, physical and socioeconomic variables. The breeds Aberdeen Angus, Ayrshire, Braford, Brangus, Charolais, Devon, Flemish, Hereford, Pinzgauer, Shor...

Ingestive behavior of Girolando heifers in integrated crop, livestock (ICL), and forestry (ICLF) systems

Aiming to compare integrated crop, livestock (ICL) and forest (ICLF) systems in relation to ingestive behavior of dairy heifers, a 2 × 2 crossover trial was conducted with two periods and two systems. Eight Girolando (3/4holstein × 1/4 Gyr) heifers were evaluated in pasture of Xaraés palisade grass (U...

Application of the "real options theory" method to the production systems used in dairy cattle farming

The objective of this study was to analyze applications of real options theory for increasing the productivity of Mantiqueira ecotype dairy cows kept in guinea grass pastures with different sources of bulky supplementation (black oats, fodder cane, or sorghum silage), because the traditional methodologie...

Castor cake as organic fertilizer to control gastrointestinal nematodes in pasture-raised sheep

Abstract Gastrointestinal parasitism is one of the factors that discourages farmers from raising small ruminants in cultivated pastures. To validate a soil treatment strategy to control the free-living stages of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN), castor cake (CC) was used as a fertilizer on a pasture wher...

Boas práticas agropecuárias na produção leiteira: diagnóstico e ajuste de não conformidades

Objetivou-se com este estudo desenvolver e validar uma ferramenta semiológica para diagnóstico do nível de adoção e conformidade das boas práticas agropecuárias em fazendas de produção de leite, segundo requisitos preconizados pela Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) e ...

Detección de serovares de Salmonella en terneros de crianza artificial de la región lechera Mar y Sierras, Argentina

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (3), 2019
La salmonelosis es una de las enfermedades bacterianas que afectan el tracto digestivo de los terneros y provocan en ellos diarrea. Con el objetivo de estudiar la prevalencia de los distintos serovares de Salmonella en terneros de crianza artificial y determinar la asociación con signos diarreicos, se r...

Effect of seasonal conditions and milk management practices on bulk milk quality in Minas Gerais State - Brazil

The influence of seasonality and the training and implementation of good dairy farming practices on raw milk production and quality was evaluated on dairy farms in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The physico-chemical composition, somatic cell count (SCC) and total bacterial count (TBC) were determined in 3,0...

Padrão de deslocamento de bovinos Nelore em sistemas integrados de produção agropecuária

The objective of this study was to characterize the displacement patterns of Nellore cattle in areas of crop livestock and crop livestock forest integration systems with density of 196 and 448 eucalyptus ha-1. Paddock maps were drawn from satellite images of the experimental area. In each evaluated syste...

Influencia de la ganadería en los macroinvertebrados acuáticos en microcuencas de los Andes centrales de Colombia

Rev. biol. trop; 66 (3), 2018
Resumen En Colombia la actividad ganadera es de gran importancia para la economía rural y la oferta alimentaria del país. Con el fin de determinar el impacto de la ganadería y de los corredores ribereños sobre la comunidad de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en microcuencas Andinas, se seleccionaron nue...