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/Jan/2015
Hugo Petrocelli, Carlos Batista, Jaime Gosálvez
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-92902015000100001
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of season, natural photoperiod, and room temperature at the housing facility on boar semen characteristics in Uruguay (34º66’S; 56º29’W). For this purpose, 117 ejaculates, obtained from eight adult males collected through 12 consecutive months, were assessed for sperm viability, DNA integrity, abnormalities (total, primary, and secondary), ejaculate volume, and sperm concentration. Viability, total and primary abnormalities, volume, and sperm concentration were affected by season. Sperm viability, volume, and sperm concentration […]
Keywords: boar; natural photoperiod; season; semen quality
01/Feb/2006
Jailson Lara Fagundes, Dilermando Miranda da Fonseca, Claudio Mistura, Rodrigo Vieira de Morais, Claudio Manoel Teixeira Vitor, José Alberto Gomide, [...]
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982006000100003
This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of nitrogen fertilization upon the morphogenetical and structural characteristics of Brachiaria decumbens under grazing. Four nitrogen rates (75, 150, 225 and 300 kg/ha.yr) were applied before the beginning of the experimental evaluations, which were performed during the Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring seasons. The randomized complete block design was used with two replications. Linear increases were observed for the leaf elongation rate, final leaf length, leaf area index, stem and leaf […]
Keywords: leaf area index; leaf elongation; leaf length; morphological composition; nitrogen fertilization; numbers of leaves; season; stem elongation
01/Sep/1999
Leira Tutida, Orlando Rus Barbosa, Elias Nunes Martins, Francisco de Assis Fonseca de Macedo, Márcio José da Rocha Roman, Sandra M. Simonelli
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35981999000500033
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the season of the year on the spermprogressive motility (PM), vigor, volume of semen and sperm concentration of rams from the Bergamacia, Corriedale and Hampshire Down (Hd) breeds, with three-four years of age, from March/96 to March/97. Twenty-four rams nine Bergamacia (Be), eight Corriedale (Co) and seven Hampshire Down (Hd) were used. The semen collection and the climatic variables: wind speed (ws), air temperature (Ta), globe temperature (GT) and […]
Keywords: ram; season; sex selection