Feeding behavior of fed lambs and ewe lambs with two cultivars of sugarcane  

Authors

  • Fagner Machado Ribeiro
  • Alan Soares Machado Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Ceres
  • Emizael Menezes de Almeida Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Reginaldo Martins de Sousa Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Ceres
  • Letícia Ribeiro Marques Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde
  • Helena Maria Fonseca da Silva Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde
  • Ana Carla Moreira Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde
  • José Franklin Athayde Oliveira Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde
  • Robson Evangelista Cardoso Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde
  • Jáliston Júlio Lopes Alves Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde
  • Oscar Lopes Faria Jr. Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Ceres

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/PUBVET.V11N10.981-985

Keywords:

Ovis aries, feeding efficiency, confinement sheep

Abstract

We evaluated the feeding behavior of lambs and ewe lambs Santa Inês fed two different cultivars of sugarcane in natura (IAC 86-2480 and SP 80-0155). 28 animals were distributed in a completely randomized design, housed in individual stalls. We used four treatments and two lots with seven lambs and two lots with seven ewe lambs receiving one of the varieties of sugarcane in natura as roughage. The experiment lasted 70 days, 10 days of adaptation and 60 days for data collection. The evaluations were performed every 5 minutes for 24 hours at intervals of 15 days, a total of four evaluations during the experiment. No significant difference to eating, ruminating and idle in minutes/day. The use of different cultivars of sugarcane (IAC 86-2480 and SP 80-0155) in natura as roughage source did not interfere in the daily intake activities, rumination and idleness.

Published

2017-08-18

Issue

Section

Bem-estar e comportamento animal

How to Cite

Feeding behavior of fed lambs and ewe lambs with two cultivars of sugarcane  . (2017). Pubvet, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.22256/PUBVET.V11N10.981-985

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