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Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress
Buffaloes use wallowing behavior to release excess heat in tropical conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of silvopastoral systems in the feeding and thermoregulatory behavior of water buffaloes under moderate and intense heat stress. The behavior of water buffaloes was evalua...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7379419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32766293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00393 |
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author | Galloso-Hernández, Maykel A. Rodríguez-Estévez, Vicente Alvarez-Díaz, Carlos A. Soca-Pérez, Mildrey Dublin, Devon Iglesias-Gómez, Jesús Simon Guelmes, Leonel |
author_facet | Galloso-Hernández, Maykel A. Rodríguez-Estévez, Vicente Alvarez-Díaz, Carlos A. Soca-Pérez, Mildrey Dublin, Devon Iglesias-Gómez, Jesús Simon Guelmes, Leonel |
author_sort | Galloso-Hernández, Maykel A. |
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description | Buffaloes use wallowing behavior to release excess heat in tropical conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of silvopastoral systems in the feeding and thermoregulatory behavior of water buffaloes under moderate and intense heat stress. The behavior of water buffaloes was evaluated in two different production systems. The conventional system with Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) only, and the silvopastoral system with Guinea grass and Leucaena leucocephala trees. The relation between the frequency of animal activities and the length of time the animals engaged in each activity was measured during the day time (6:00–18:00 h) by visual observations at 10-min intervals. The results obtained suggest that buffaloes use tree shade to partially supplement wallowing. Feeding behavior increased under intense heat stress in the silvopastoral system indicating that it can be a promising alternative to improve the buffaloes rearing conditions in the tropics. |
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spelling | pubmed-73794192020-08-05 Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress Galloso-Hernández, Maykel A. Rodríguez-Estévez, Vicente Alvarez-Díaz, Carlos A. Soca-Pérez, Mildrey Dublin, Devon Iglesias-Gómez, Jesús Simon Guelmes, Leonel Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Buffaloes use wallowing behavior to release excess heat in tropical conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of silvopastoral systems in the feeding and thermoregulatory behavior of water buffaloes under moderate and intense heat stress. The behavior of water buffaloes was evaluated in two different production systems. The conventional system with Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) only, and the silvopastoral system with Guinea grass and Leucaena leucocephala trees. The relation between the frequency of animal activities and the length of time the animals engaged in each activity was measured during the day time (6:00–18:00 h) by visual observations at 10-min intervals. The results obtained suggest that buffaloes use tree shade to partially supplement wallowing. Feeding behavior increased under intense heat stress in the silvopastoral system indicating that it can be a promising alternative to improve the buffaloes rearing conditions in the tropics. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7379419/ /pubmed/32766293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00393 Text en Copyright © 2020 Galloso-Hernández, Rodríguez-Estévez, Alvarez-Díaz, Soca-Pérez, Dublin, Iglesias-Gómez and Simon Guelmes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Galloso-Hernández, Maykel A. Rodríguez-Estévez, Vicente Alvarez-Díaz, Carlos A. Soca-Pérez, Mildrey Dublin, Devon Iglesias-Gómez, Jesús Simon Guelmes, Leonel Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress |
title | Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress |
title_full | Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress |
title_fullStr | Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress |
title_short | Effect of Silvopastoral Systems in the Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behaviors of Water Buffaloes Under Different Conditions of Heat Stress |
title_sort | effect of silvopastoral systems in the thermoregulatory and feeding behaviors of water buffaloes under different conditions of heat stress |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7379419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32766293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00393 |
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