The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
01/Oct/2010
Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos, Dilermando Miranda da Fonseca, Guilherme Portes Silva, Roberson Machado Pimentel, Victor Valério de Carvalho, Simone Pedro da Silva
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982010001000004
This study was carried out aiming to evaluate the structural characteristics of Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk pasture. Four heights of plants (10, 20, 30 and 40 cm) were evaluated within the same grazing area in a randomized block experimental design with two repetitions. Variation in the initial height of the signal grass pasture plant showed a linear and a negative response. The masses of green leaf blade mass, live stem, dead material, live forage and total forage linearly increased with […]
Keywords: Brachiaria decumbens; bulk density of forage; forage mass; light interception; pasture height
01/Oct/2010
Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos, Dilermando Miranda da Fonseca, Simone Pedro da Silva, Victor Valério de Carvalho, Roberson Machado Pimentel, Ronan Lopes Albino
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982010001000003
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the cattle feces location on the characteristics of vegetative and reproductive tillers, dry mass content in plant components, forage volumetric density and Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk pasture height managed under continuous stocking. It was used a randomized block design with three repetitions in a split-plot scheme considering the plots the sites next and far from feces and the sub-plots were the vegetative and reproductive tiller categories. Dry mass content […]
Keywords: Brachiaria decumbens; forage mass; pasture height; reproductive tiller; vegetative tiller
01/Jun/2007
Márcio Vieira da Cunha, Mércia Virginia Ferreira dos Santos, Mário de Andrade Lira, Alexandre Carneiro Leão de Mello, Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira, Erinaldo Viana de Freitas, [...]
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982007000300004
The experiment was carried out to study structural and morphologic characteristics of five Pennisetum sp. genotypes (CE 08 A.D., Venezuela, HV-241, Elephant B and Hexaplóide) under grazing during the dry period in Pernambuco Forest Zone. Genotypes were managed under rotational stocking (44 days of resting and four days of grazing period). The experimental design was randomized blocks in a split plot arrangement, and four replications. The genotypes represented the plots, and grazing cycles, the subplots. There was variation in the […]
Keywords: elephantgrass; millet; morphological fractions; pasture height; tillering
01/Aug/2006
Angelo Antonio Queirolo Aguinaga, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, Ibanor Anghinoni, Davi Teixeira dos Santos, Fabiana Kellermann de Freitas, Marilia Terra Lopes
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982006000600026
The objective of this trial was to evaluate production and carcass characteristics of young steers grazing a mixture of black oat and Italian ryegrass pasture. Treatments were four different pasture heights (10, 20, 30, and 40 cm) that were obtained with different stocking rates. Fifty-five beef steers averaging 210 kg of body weight and 10 months of age at the beginning of the trial were used in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. The observed increase in the […]
Keywords: average daily gain; forage allowance; gain per area; pasture height; stocking rate