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Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pantaneira cattle are descendants of the genetic group of crossed European animals and are a breed locally adapted to the Brazilian Pantanal. The use of this breed in organic systems can have benefits for the conservation of the breed and because it is a genetically rustic breed. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32585807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10061079 |
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author | Biazolli, Willian Vinicius Morais de Oliveira, Marcus Ferreira Luz, Dirce de Oliveira Seno, Leonardo Martins Wanderley, Alysson Loesia Lima, Pedro Gustavo Fernandes, Tatiane de Vargas Junior, Fernando Miranda |
author_facet | Biazolli, Willian Vinicius Morais de Oliveira, Marcus Ferreira Luz, Dirce de Oliveira Seno, Leonardo Martins Wanderley, Alysson Loesia Lima, Pedro Gustavo Fernandes, Tatiane de Vargas Junior, Fernando Miranda |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pantaneira cattle are descendants of the genetic group of crossed European animals and are a breed locally adapted to the Brazilian Pantanal. The use of this breed in organic systems can have benefits for the conservation of the breed and because it is a genetically rustic breed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Pantaneira primiparous cows under systems with reduced use of concentrate, simulating organic production conditions. There was a reduction in milk yield, but the energy-corrected milk yield and efficiency were not affected. The Pantaneira breed has the genetic potential for the maintenance of competitive production and quality in organic systems. ABSTRACT: Pantaneiro cattle (Bos taurus taurus) is a breed locally adapted to the Brazilian Pantanal. Local breeds are essential for the quality production of organic systems based on planned grazing practices, because of their results in resilient and productive ecosystems, enhancing biodiversity. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Pantaneira primiparous cows, and systems with reduced use of concentrate, simulating organic production conditions. Five animals, with an average body weight of 396.2 ± 43.5 kg, were kept in individual continuous grazing regimes and supplemented with different concentrate levels (1.2%, 0.9%, 0.6%, 0.3%, and 0.0% of body weight). The animals were allocated at random in a 5 × 5 Latin square design repeated twice during the study time. The cows had a low dry matter and nutrient intake with a reduction in concentrate level, with improvement in neutral detergent fiber digestibility and a reduction in total nutrient digestibility. No changes were observed in plasma glucose levels or urea excretion, but the plasma urea nitrogen decreased with reductions in concentrate levels. There was a reduction in milk yield, but the energy-corrected milk was not affected by the reduction in concentrate levels; furthermore, the milk yield efficiency was not affected. The milk fat content improved with the reduction in concentrate levels. The Pantaneira breed has the genetic potential for the maintenance of competitive production and quality in organic systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-73411952020-07-14 Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System Biazolli, Willian Vinicius Morais de Oliveira, Marcus Ferreira Luz, Dirce de Oliveira Seno, Leonardo Martins Wanderley, Alysson Loesia Lima, Pedro Gustavo Fernandes, Tatiane de Vargas Junior, Fernando Miranda Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pantaneira cattle are descendants of the genetic group of crossed European animals and are a breed locally adapted to the Brazilian Pantanal. The use of this breed in organic systems can have benefits for the conservation of the breed and because it is a genetically rustic breed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Pantaneira primiparous cows under systems with reduced use of concentrate, simulating organic production conditions. There was a reduction in milk yield, but the energy-corrected milk yield and efficiency were not affected. The Pantaneira breed has the genetic potential for the maintenance of competitive production and quality in organic systems. ABSTRACT: Pantaneiro cattle (Bos taurus taurus) is a breed locally adapted to the Brazilian Pantanal. Local breeds are essential for the quality production of organic systems based on planned grazing practices, because of their results in resilient and productive ecosystems, enhancing biodiversity. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Pantaneira primiparous cows, and systems with reduced use of concentrate, simulating organic production conditions. Five animals, with an average body weight of 396.2 ± 43.5 kg, were kept in individual continuous grazing regimes and supplemented with different concentrate levels (1.2%, 0.9%, 0.6%, 0.3%, and 0.0% of body weight). The animals were allocated at random in a 5 × 5 Latin square design repeated twice during the study time. The cows had a low dry matter and nutrient intake with a reduction in concentrate level, with improvement in neutral detergent fiber digestibility and a reduction in total nutrient digestibility. No changes were observed in plasma glucose levels or urea excretion, but the plasma urea nitrogen decreased with reductions in concentrate levels. There was a reduction in milk yield, but the energy-corrected milk was not affected by the reduction in concentrate levels; furthermore, the milk yield efficiency was not affected. The milk fat content improved with the reduction in concentrate levels. The Pantaneira breed has the genetic potential for the maintenance of competitive production and quality in organic systems. MDPI 2020-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7341195/ /pubmed/32585807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10061079 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Biazolli, Willian Vinicius Morais de Oliveira, Marcus Ferreira Luz, Dirce de Oliveira Seno, Leonardo Martins Wanderley, Alysson Loesia Lima, Pedro Gustavo Fernandes, Tatiane de Vargas Junior, Fernando Miranda Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System |
title | Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System |
title_full | Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System |
title_fullStr | Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System |
title_full_unstemmed | Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System |
title_short | Milk Potential of Pantaneira Cows, a Local Breed, at Organic System |
title_sort | milk potential of pantaneira cows, a local breed, at organic system |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32585807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10061079 |
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