Avaliação dos parâmetros fisiológicos, metabólicos e reprodutivos de ovelhas deslanadas submetidas à suplementação energética criadas em sistema semi-intensivo no nordeste do Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Catunda, Ana Gláudia Vasconcelos
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/17004
• topic: Ovinos; Ovelha; Zootecnia

Through this study it is aimed, (i) to know the leptin and insulin concentrations in sheep, as well as to verify the effect of body condition score (BCS), breed and supplementation on the leptin, insulin and glucose concentrations measured during the breeding season, and also to study the associations between these effects and blood metabolites in empty sheep (ii) to evaluate the influence of class effects of body condition, age, collection week, breed and energy supplementation provided before and during the breeding season, on female weight and body condition, and the influence of these effects on reproductive parameters, pregnancy rate, fertility and prolificity; (iii)and also to evaluate the effects which influence the ewe weight at lambing, the offspring weight at birth and on the total productivity of the flock, referred to in the present study in pounds of lamb produced per female lambing. The experiment was conducted at the Experimental Farm Acaraú Valley, located in the municipality of Sobral - Ceará. The sheep were divided into two groups according to breed and treatment: Santa Inês, with or without supplementation (24x24) and Morada Nova with or without supplementation (24x24), totalizing 96 sheep. All ewes grazed in paddocks with mineralization and water ad libitum, however group 1 (control) of each treatment was not supplemented and group 2 received supplementation. Blood samplesand information relating to sheep weight and BCS were collected weekly during the breeding season. Data were submitted to ANOVA to evaluate the effect of the BCS class, breed and supplementation (lot), on body weight, glucose levels and leptin and insulin concentrations, ewe weight and sheep productivity The ewe reproductive parameters, pregnancy rate, fertility and prolificity were compared with test having 5% of error probability. Pearson correlation were estimated among hormone concentrations, weight and body condition related to breed and treatment. It was concluded that leptin is present in low concentrations in hair seep sheep and it seems not to influence the reproductive processes of those animals raised under these conditions. Insulin showed significant associations with the variables studied, which may be indicative of nutritional status of ewes in the breeding season. Energy supplementation promoted weight gain and improved body condition score of females. However, its effect was not reflected on the ewe reproductive parameters. The body weight of females at parturition is influenced by ewe breed and age. The lamb birth weight can be influenced by the type of birth, ewe weight at lambing and sex of the offspring. The body condition score, breed and type of birth influence productivity in kilograms of lamb per ewe parity. However, the supply of supplementation during the breeding season did not result in increased productivity per kilogram of lamb produced per female lambing. According to what was exposed above, it can be concluded that the supply of energy supplementation for hair seep ewes raised in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil, raised under rotational grazing and receiving mineralization and water ad libitum, resulted in no significant increase in sheep productivity and can, therefore, be waived.