Grazing management strategies for Xaraés grass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Xaraés)

• Autor(a) principal: Saulo Alberto do Carmo Araújo
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Carlos César Rodrigues dos Santos, Danilo de Oliveira Alves, Thiago Gomes dos Santos Braz, André Luiz Paier Barroso, Leonardo Barros Dobbss
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.21071/az.v69i265.5037; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/45666
• topic: Pastejo rotativo; Pastagens - Manejo; Forragem

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of two intermittent grazing strategies, with 24 fixed resting days and 95% light interception in Xaraés grass. For evaluation of productive, structural and nutritive characteristics, we used a completely randomized design with repeated measures in the time, with four grazing cycles and two grazing strategies. For consumption by the animals, we used a completely randomized design, in a 2 x 3 factorial, with two grazing strategies and three days of occupation. There was no effect for the variables: availability, structure and chemical composition of forage, except for light interception and crude protein, in which treatment with LI showed the highest value of light interception and lower content of CP. There was effect for dry matter intake between the days of occupation, and the highest values found on the first day and the lowest on the third day of occupation. Thus, taking into account practicality of adoption, good soil and climatic conditions, grazing management with intensification of fixed days shows great potential for pasture use.