Comportamento diário e reprodutivo de fêmeas bovinas mestiças (Zebu x Holandesa) portadoras de dermatite digital
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2009
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This present study aimed to evaluate
aspects related to daily and reproductive behavior of female crossbred (Bos indicus x Bos
taurus) cattle bearing digital dermatitis, raised semi-extensively, during 24 months. The
animals were distributed in three groups (GI, GII, and GIII) with ten animals each. GI
received cows bearing the erosive type of digital dermatitis, whilst GII received those of
verroucous type and GIII received clinically healthy animals. Animals were observed during
milking and grassing for daily and feeding behavior. Animal behavior was evaluated,
whether standing or lying, as well as feeding period, frequency of water ingestion,
rumination time and leisure. The reproductive behavior was studied as: service period,
ovarian cyst presence, fetal envoltory retention, metritis, external signs of estrous,
consistency of ovaries and uterus, number of services, pregnancy and birth. At the end of
the study, it was possible to conclude that digital dermatitis, especially in verrucous
presentations, do interfere negatively in daily behavior of female crossbred cattle. However,
there was no evidence of differences in reproductive behavior among the evaluated groups.
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Bovinos, Casco, Doença podal, Reprodução, Cattle, Hoof, Foot disease, Reproduction
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SILVA, Luiz Antônio Franco da; FRANCO, Leandro Guimarães; FERREIRA, Allice Rodrigues; BERNARDES, Karollina Moraes; COSTA, Anna Carolina da; RABELO, Rogério Elias. Comportamento diário e reprodutivo de fêmeas bovinas mestiças (Zebu x Holandesa) portadoras de dermatite digital. Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, Maringá, v. 31, n. 2, p. 199-204, 2009.