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Avaliação das respostas fisiológicas de bezerros zebuínos puros e cruzados nascidos em clima subtropical

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The influence of environmental parameters on the physiological responses of purebred and crossbred Nellore calves born in a subtropical region was studied and PT level was significantly higher in NR calves than in NI ones.
Abstract
Estudou-se a influencia de fatores climaticos sobre as respostas fisiologicas de bezerros, puros e cruzados, filhos de vacas da raca Nelore ou de alta mesticagem de Nelore acasaladas com touros das racas Aberdeen Angus (AN), Simental (SN), Canchim (CN) e Nelore (NI e NR). Os bezerros AN, SN, CN e NI foram mantidos em sistema rotacionado intensivo, enquanto o grupo NR foi mantido em sistema extensivo. Os bezerros foram observados de forma direta desde o nascimento ate a primeira mamada, medindo-se a latencia para a primeira mamada (LM). Aproximadamente 24 horas apos o parto, coletaram-se amostras de sangue do bezerro para as dosagens de proteina total (PT), glicose (Gli), triiodotironina (T3), tiroxina (T4), relacao T4:T3, cortisol (Cort) e imunoglobulina G (IgGb), alem das medidas de temperatura retal do bezerro (TR) e dos pesos de vacas e bezerros. Para analise dos efeitos de clima, foram tomadas no dia do nascimento as medidas de temperatura do ar (Temp), umidade do ar (UR) e precipitacao (PRE). Os parâmetros fisiologicos foram estudados pelo metodo dos quadrados minimos com modelos que incluiram os efeitos de ano e mes de nascimento, grupo e sexo do bezerro, categoria da vaca e hora do parto e das interacoes ano × grupo e ano × mes de nascimento, alem das covariaveis peso do bezerro, PRE, Temp, UR e LM. Temp mostrou efeito significativo para as concentracoes de T3, T4, T4:T3 e de Cort. Quanto maior Temp, menores as concentracoes de T3 e de Cort e maiores as de T4 e de T4:T3. LM influenciou os niveis de Cort, PT e IgGb, de modo que, quanto maior LM, maior a concentracao de Cort e menor as de IgGb e PT. Tambem houve efeito significativo de grupo do bezerro sobre PT, que foi maior nos bezerros NR que nos bezerros NI.

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