Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems
Abstract Climate change is a reality and global surface temperature is projected to rise substantially in the next 80 years. Agriculture practices will have to adapt to climate change, and also help to mitigate this effect using, among other strategies, forest conservation and management. Silvopasto...
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doaj-110d70d2aa2048e38d103c02bc525ae62021-07-11T11:25:13ZengNature Publishing GroupScientific Reports2045-23222021-07-0111111710.1038/s41598-021-93609-7Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systemsAmanda Prudêncio Lemes0Alexandre Rossetto Garcia1José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane2Felipe Zandonadi Brandão3Yeda Fumie Watanabe4Reinaldo Fernandes Cooke5Mariana Sponchiado6Claudia Cristina Paro de Paz7Annelise Carla Camplesi8Mario Binelli9Lindsay Unno Gimenes10Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”Embrapa Pecuária SudesteEmbrapa Pecuária SudesteUniversidade Federal FluminenseVitrogenTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of FloridaInstituto de ZootecniaFaculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”University of FloridaFaculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”Abstract Climate change is a reality and global surface temperature is projected to rise substantially in the next 80 years. Agriculture practices will have to adapt to climate change, and also help to mitigate this effect using, among other strategies, forest conservation and management. Silvopastoral systems have been adopted in tropical climate livestock areas but their benefits on thermal comfort and reproductive performance of beef cows are not completely known. Therefore, our aims were to compare the microclimate of silvopastoral and intensive rotational unshaded grazing systems in different months and to evaluate physiological variables (Exp. 1 and 2), metabolism, and in vitro embryo production (Exp. 2) in crossbred beef females. Our hypothesis is that the silvopastoral system can improve the thermal comfort of beef heifers and cows and, consequently, also improve dry matter intake, body weight gain, and in vitro embryo production when compared to the unshaded rotational grazing system. In Exp 1, the silvopastoral system decreased body temperature and increased welfare and performance of heifers. In Exp. 2, the silvopastoral system enhanced the body weight but did not affect metabolism and the general reproductive performance, but increased the recovery rate of oocytes in primiparous cows.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93609-7 |
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Amanda Prudêncio Lemes Alexandre Rossetto Garcia José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane Felipe Zandonadi Brandão Yeda Fumie Watanabe Reinaldo Fernandes Cooke Mariana Sponchiado Claudia Cristina Paro de Paz Annelise Carla Camplesi Mario Binelli Lindsay Unno Gimenes |
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Amanda Prudêncio Lemes Alexandre Rossetto Garcia José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane Felipe Zandonadi Brandão Yeda Fumie Watanabe Reinaldo Fernandes Cooke Mariana Sponchiado Claudia Cristina Paro de Paz Annelise Carla Camplesi Mario Binelli Lindsay Unno Gimenes Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems Scientific Reports |
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Amanda Prudêncio Lemes Alexandre Rossetto Garcia José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane Felipe Zandonadi Brandão Yeda Fumie Watanabe Reinaldo Fernandes Cooke Mariana Sponchiado Claudia Cristina Paro de Paz Annelise Carla Camplesi Mario Binelli Lindsay Unno Gimenes |
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Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems |
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Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems |
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Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems |
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Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems |
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Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems |
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silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems |
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Abstract Climate change is a reality and global surface temperature is projected to rise substantially in the next 80 years. Agriculture practices will have to adapt to climate change, and also help to mitigate this effect using, among other strategies, forest conservation and management. Silvopastoral systems have been adopted in tropical climate livestock areas but their benefits on thermal comfort and reproductive performance of beef cows are not completely known. Therefore, our aims were to compare the microclimate of silvopastoral and intensive rotational unshaded grazing systems in different months and to evaluate physiological variables (Exp. 1 and 2), metabolism, and in vitro embryo production (Exp. 2) in crossbred beef females. Our hypothesis is that the silvopastoral system can improve the thermal comfort of beef heifers and cows and, consequently, also improve dry matter intake, body weight gain, and in vitro embryo production when compared to the unshaded rotational grazing system. In Exp 1, the silvopastoral system decreased body temperature and increased welfare and performance of heifers. In Exp. 2, the silvopastoral system enhanced the body weight but did not affect metabolism and the general reproductive performance, but increased the recovery rate of oocytes in primiparous cows. |
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