Production systems for the termination of lambs in South Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Bettencourt, Arthur Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva, Daniel Gonçalves, Leite, Tisa Echevarria, Porciuncula, Gabriela Caillava
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://revistapag.agricultura.rs.gov.br/ojs/index.php/revistapag/article/view/640
• topic: Confinement; Performance; Sheep farming; Pasture; Silvopastoral; Encierro.; Rendimento ovicultura.; Pastos.; Silvipastoril.; Confinamento; Desempenho; Ovinocultura; Pastagem; Silvipastoril

Sheep farming is an important livestock activity in southern Brazil, providing income and contributing to the social reproduction of small producers in rural areas. Among the existing phases within a sheep meat production system, the finishing has been widely discussed in recent years, due to its importance in ensuring a quality product that meets consumer demand. Thus, this literature review aims to address the particularities of some sheep finishing systems in southern Brazil, such as the use of Panicum maximum cv. Aruana pasture, the silvopastoral system and confinement. Pasture systems are predominant in southern Brazil, due to large territorial extensions and because they are less costly alternatives in the short term. The forestry system has a higher initial cost when compared to the previous one, but in the long run it can be more profitable by associating two activities, livestock and forestry. However, both systems may not meet the nutritional need of finishing animals throughout the year, requiring the use of supplementation. On the other hand, confinement has a high initial cost, but it can be an important tool to ensure the regularity of meat supply throughout the year. In addition to animals finished in this type of system, they present good productive results.