Efeito da tosquia sobre o comportamento de ovelhas das raças Texel e Hampshire Down, ao longo do período noturno, no Noroeste do Estado do Paraná

Henrique Ortêncio Filho; Orlando Rus Barbosa; Eduardo Shiguero Sakaguti; Walber Mendonça Onorato; Francisco de Assis Fonseca de Macedo

doi:10.4025/actascianimsci.v23i0.2656

Effect of shearing on the behavior of Texel and Hampshire Down sheep during the night period in the northwestern region of Paraná

Henrique Ortêncio Filho UNIPAR
Orlando Rus Barbosa UEM
Eduardo Shiguero Sakaguti UEM
Walber Mendonça Onorato UEM
Francisco de Assis Fonseca de Macedo UEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v23i0.2656

Abstract

The behavior (grazing, rumination and rest) of 16 three- and four-year old Texel and Hampshire Down sheep is provided. Experiment was conducted from April 1999 to March 2000, during three nights a month, from 18 h to 6 h, with eight sheep of each breed. Four animals of each breed were sheared. Pasture quality was evaluated, climate data were reported hourly and rainfall monthly. Conditions of pasture and climatic variables might have altered sheep’s behavior. Low yield of green leaves, crude protein and high FDA levels during the winter might have raised grazing and rumination time. Period of rest decreased during the winter and spring. Wool did not have any effect on the behavior of animals.

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Author Biography

Henrique Ortêncio Filho, UNIPAR

possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1998), mestrado em Zootecnia pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2001) e doutorado em andamento no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Atualmente é coordenador do Curso de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Paranaense, coordenador do GEEMEA (Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia de Mamíferos e Educação Ambiental) e Professor Adjunto da Universidade Paranaense. Tem experiência na área de Ecologia de mamíferos e Educação Ambiental, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: ecologia de morcegos, levantamento de mamíferos em fragmentos florestais e educação ambiental voltada às questões de fauna Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-05-09

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Ortêncio Filho, H., Barbosa, O. R., Sakaguti, E. S., Onorato, W. M., & Macedo, F. de A. F. de. (2008). Effect of shearing on the behavior of Texel and Hampshire Down sheep during the night period in the northwestern region of Paraná. Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 23, 995-1001. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v23i0.2656

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Vol 23 (2001)

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Animal Science

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