Open AccessDESEMPENHO DE CORDEIROS MESTIÇOS DORPER MACHOS E FEMEAS, EM CREEP FEEDING RECEBENDO RAÇÃO PELETIZADA ATÉ A DESMAMA
Author(s) -
Marilice Zundt,
Kelly Priscila de Oliveira,
Ana Cláudia Ambiel,
Fabiola C.de Almeida Rego,
Caliê Castilho,
Ricardo Firetti
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
colloquium agrariae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1809-8215
DOI - 10.5747/ca.2014.v10.n1.a097
Subject(s) - zoology , biology , creep feeding , weaning
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of crossbred Dorper lambs males and\udfemales, in creep feed fed pelleted diets at weaning. 33 male and female lambs (17 females and 16\udmales), originated from the crossing of a commercial herd females with the male Dorper breed\udwere used . The system of creep feeding was performed in collective bay and kept until weaning\ud(80 days). The experimental design was completely randomized. The collected data for each\udvariable were subjected to analysis of variance where the comparison of means was performed by\udTukey test (p < 0.05) through the statistical program ASSISTAT.O pelleted diets on the creep\udfeeding system provided the weight lambs weaning of 19.9 kg assuming that they are children of\udcrossbred sheep. In relation to the daily weight gain, the result obtained was 0.214 kg/day\uddepending on the genetic mothers, but lower than recommended for this system termination.\u