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Title: Achieving body weight adjustments for feeding status and pregnant or nonpregnant condition in beef cows
Keywords: Cattle
Beef
Diet
Ruminant animals
Issue Date: 20-Mar-2015
Publisher: Plos.org
Citation: GIONBELLI, M. P. et al. Achieving body weight adjustments for feeding status and pregnant or nonpregnant condition in beef cows. PLOS ONE, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 3, p. 1-19, Mar. 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112111.
Abstract: Beef cows herd accounts for 70% of the total energy used in the beef production system. However, there are still limited studies regarding improvement of production efficiency in this category, mainly in developing countries and in tropical areas. One of the limiting factors is the difficulty to obtain reliable estimates of weight variation in mature cows. This occurs due to the interaction of weight of maternal tissues with specific physiological stages such as pregnancy. Moreover, variation in gastrointestinal contents due to feeding status in ruminant animals is a major source of error in body weight measurements.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/39713
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