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Effects of Feeding and Drinking Behavior on Performance and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Sustainability in livestock production includes the use of strategies to reduce natural resource requirements. In this study, we investigated the relationship among feed efficiency, water efficiency, ingestive behavior, performance, and carcass traits in beef cattle. The results reve...

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Autores principales: Pires, Bianca V., Reolon, Henrique G., Abduch, Natalya G., Souza, Luana L., Sakamoto, Leandro S., Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Z., Silva, Rafael M. O., Fragomeni, Breno O., Baldi, Fernando, Paz, Claudia C. P., Stafuzza, Nedenia B.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9686570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36428423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12223196
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author Pires, Bianca V.
Reolon, Henrique G.
Abduch, Natalya G.
Souza, Luana L.
Sakamoto, Leandro S.
Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Z.
Silva, Rafael M. O.
Fragomeni, Breno O.
Baldi, Fernando
Paz, Claudia C. P.
Stafuzza, Nedenia B.
author_facet Pires, Bianca V.
Reolon, Henrique G.
Abduch, Natalya G.
Souza, Luana L.
Sakamoto, Leandro S.
Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Z.
Silva, Rafael M. O.
Fragomeni, Breno O.
Baldi, Fernando
Paz, Claudia C. P.
Stafuzza, Nedenia B.
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Sustainability in livestock production includes the use of strategies to reduce natural resource requirements. In this study, we investigated the relationship among feed efficiency, water efficiency, ingestive behavior, performance, and carcass traits in beef cattle. The results revealed interesting aspects of both feed efficiency and water efficiency on ingestive behavior and growth traits. The combined use of residual water intake and residual feed intake is an important option available for improving the environmental sustainability of beef cattle production that could be used in animal breeding programs. ABSTRACT: Feed and water efficiency are important traits to improve beef cattle production’s economic and environmental sustainability. This study evaluated residual feed intake (RFI) and residual water intake (RWI) and their relationship with performance, ingestive behavior, and carcass traits in Caracu beef cattle. The data were analyzed using a generalized linear model with least squares means. The ingestive behavior, performance, and carcass traits were influenced by sex (p < 0.05). Males showed higher dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG), mid-test metabolic weight (BW(0.75)), rib eye area, and rump fat thickness than females, besides spending more time drinking and eating. Low RFI animals exhibited higher DMI than high RFI animals. Low RWI animals ingested 3.89 L/d of water further than high RWI animals. The interaction between sex and RWI influenced the DMI, BW(0.75), and backfat thickness. The ingestive behavior of low and high RFI animals was similar, although high RWI animals visited a smaller number of drinkers than low RWI animals. Water intake positively affects productive efficiency, and the combined use of RWI and RFI may help improve the selection of more efficient animals contributing to reducing the costs of beef cattle production and improving environmental sustainability.
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spelling pubmed-96865702022-11-25 Effects of Feeding and Drinking Behavior on Performance and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle Pires, Bianca V. Reolon, Henrique G. Abduch, Natalya G. Souza, Luana L. Sakamoto, Leandro S. Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Z. Silva, Rafael M. O. Fragomeni, Breno O. Baldi, Fernando Paz, Claudia C. P. Stafuzza, Nedenia B. Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Sustainability in livestock production includes the use of strategies to reduce natural resource requirements. In this study, we investigated the relationship among feed efficiency, water efficiency, ingestive behavior, performance, and carcass traits in beef cattle. The results revealed interesting aspects of both feed efficiency and water efficiency on ingestive behavior and growth traits. The combined use of residual water intake and residual feed intake is an important option available for improving the environmental sustainability of beef cattle production that could be used in animal breeding programs. ABSTRACT: Feed and water efficiency are important traits to improve beef cattle production’s economic and environmental sustainability. This study evaluated residual feed intake (RFI) and residual water intake (RWI) and their relationship with performance, ingestive behavior, and carcass traits in Caracu beef cattle. The data were analyzed using a generalized linear model with least squares means. The ingestive behavior, performance, and carcass traits were influenced by sex (p < 0.05). Males showed higher dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG), mid-test metabolic weight (BW(0.75)), rib eye area, and rump fat thickness than females, besides spending more time drinking and eating. Low RFI animals exhibited higher DMI than high RFI animals. Low RWI animals ingested 3.89 L/d of water further than high RWI animals. The interaction between sex and RWI influenced the DMI, BW(0.75), and backfat thickness. The ingestive behavior of low and high RFI animals was similar, although high RWI animals visited a smaller number of drinkers than low RWI animals. Water intake positively affects productive efficiency, and the combined use of RWI and RFI may help improve the selection of more efficient animals contributing to reducing the costs of beef cattle production and improving environmental sustainability. MDPI 2022-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9686570/ /pubmed/36428423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12223196 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pires, Bianca V.
Reolon, Henrique G.
Abduch, Natalya G.
Souza, Luana L.
Sakamoto, Leandro S.
Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Z.
Silva, Rafael M. O.
Fragomeni, Breno O.
Baldi, Fernando
Paz, Claudia C. P.
Stafuzza, Nedenia B.
Effects of Feeding and Drinking Behavior on Performance and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle
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title_fullStr Effects of Feeding and Drinking Behavior on Performance and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle
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title_short Effects of Feeding and Drinking Behavior on Performance and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle
title_sort effects of feeding and drinking behavior on performance and carcass traits in beef cattle
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9686570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36428423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12223196
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