Protein in ruminant feed: puberty, seminal quality and sexual behavior

Authors

  • Luis Eduardo Senra Silva
  • Luciana Keiko Hatamoto Zervoudakis
  • Pedro Paulo Tsuneda
  • Moacir Ferreira Duarte Júnior
  • Larissa Alves Berté
  • Joelson Antônio Silva
  • Renata Pereira da Silva
  • Fabiana Mariani Wingert
  • Ana Laisa Candida de Resende Fraga
  • Rodrigo Delbem Almeida
  • Juliana de Oliveira Moraes
  • Antônio Henrique Kuczmarski
  • Thiago Bruno Castaldeli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v9n5.211-219

Keywords:

Growth rate, nutrition, libido

Abstract

Brazilian ruminant production is made predominantly with grazing animals, and, in a dry season of year the crude protein (CP) of tropical forage is below 7% reducing microbial efficiency in using of nutrients from diet. Thus, protein restriction affects negatively the age of puberty, seminal quality, blood concentration of insulin and glucose, but seems to have no effect on sexual interest in ruminants

Published

2015-06-30

Issue

Section

Produção animal

How to Cite

1.
Silva LES, Zervoudakis LKH, Tsuneda PP, Duarte Júnior MF, Berté LA, Silva JA, et al. Protein in ruminant feed: puberty, seminal quality and sexual behavior. Pubvet [Internet]. 2015 Jun. 30 [cited 2025 Jun. 6];9(05). Available from: https://ojs.pubvet.com.br/index.php/revista/article/view/1565

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