Maternal offspring behaviour in curraleiro pé duro naturalized cattle in brazil

dc.contributor.authorCastanheira, Marlos
dc.contributor.authorMcManus, Concepta Margaret
dc.contributor.authorNeto, João Batista de Paula
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Francisco Dyonìsio Cardoso
dc.contributor.authorSereno, José Robson Bezerra
dc.contributor.authorBértoli, Cláudia Damo
dc.contributor.authorFioravanti, Maria Clorinda Soares
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
dc.contributor.institutionFaculdade de Agronomia
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionICC-Sul
dc.contributor.institutionEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
dc.contributor.institutionInstituto Federal Catarinense, Campus Camboriú
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:30:07Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-01
dc.description.abstractThe objective of the present study consisted of describing dam and calf suckling behaviour of Curraleiro Pé Duro cattle. In this study, 38 mother-offspring pairs and one mother-offspring-orphan trio were observed for 10 hours daily during three consecutive days spaced every four months over a period of one year. After identification,theanimalswereobserved under field conditions where calf posture and the number of sucklingepisodes(NS),meansucklingduration(MSD),total suckling duration per day (TSD) as well as natural weaning of these animals were recorded. The model assessed the effects of calf sex and age as well as feeding time. Suckling episodes (70.6%) had a duration of one to five minutes and the calf that suckled in the inverted parallel position had greater chances of success during suckling (99.5%); the younger animals had a shorter mean suckling duration (4.0±0.6 minutes) than the older ones (7.5±1.2 minutes) but they showed a higher number of suckling episodes (6.29±1.00 vs. 1.33±0.04 feeds in 10 hours for young and older calves). Only the factor age in the firstthree months was significant for NS,MSD,and TSD;males and females had similar suckling episode length and distribution. While these animals show some traits similar to other cattle breeds such as feeding their calves early in the morning and late in the afternoon, the dams spend large periods of the day away from their calves and suckling is more frequent but for shorter periods of time compared with other breeds. Other unique features such as allo-suckling and formation of day-long crèches are observed in this breed. © 2013 Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia;.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de Goias, Campus II Samambaia, Campus II Samambaia, Caixa Postal 131, CEP 74001-970, Goiǎnia, Goiás
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Agronomia, AV. Bento Gonçalves, Porto Alegre, CEP 91540-000, Rio Grande do Sul
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Faculdade de Ciěncias Agrárias árias de Jaboticabal Departamento de Zootecnia., Via de Acesso Dr. Paulo Donato Castellane km 5 Rural, CEP 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de Brasìlia Departamento de Processos Psicológicos Básicos ICC-Sul, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, CEP 70910-900, Brasìlia
dc.description.affiliationEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária dos Cerrados, Br 020, Km 18, CEP 73310-970, Planaltina, Distrito Federal
dc.description.affiliationInstituto Federal Catarinense, Campus Camboriú, R. Joaquim Garcia, S/N, Caixa Postal 16, CEP 88340-000, Camboriú, Santa Catarina
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Faculdade de Ciěncias Agrárias árias de Jaboticabal Departamento de Zootecnia., Via de Acesso Dr. Paulo Donato Castellane km 5 Rural, CEP 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo
dc.format.extent584-591
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982013000800008
dc.identifier.citationRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia, v. 42, n. 8, p. 584-591, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S1516-35982013000800008
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dc.identifier.issn1516-3598
dc.identifier.issn1806-9290
dc.identifier.lattes7784945129978219
dc.identifier.scieloS1516-35982013000800008
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84881495548
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/76188
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000322317600008
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.735
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,337
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAllo-suckling
dc.subjectExtensive conditions
dc.subjectNaturalized breeds.
dc.titleMaternal offspring behaviour in curraleiro pé duro naturalized cattle in brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.scielo.br/revistas/rbz/paboutj.htm#003
unesp.author.lattes7784945129978219
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-4993-5523[8]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-1106-8962[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-0088-4008[4]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt

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