ANÁLISE DOS ALIMENTOS FORNECIDOS A BOVINOS EM PROPRIEDADES RURAIS DO ESTADO DO ACRE, BRASIL
ANÁLISE DOS ALIMENTOS FORNECIDOS A BOVINOS EM PROPRIEDADES RURAIS DO ESTADO DO ACRE, BRASIL
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.6872413051
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Palavras-chave: Fiscalização. Ruminantes. Nutrição.
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Keywords: Inspection. Ruminants. Nutrition.
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Abstract: Brazil has the largest commercial cattle herd in the world, therefore, it is essential to maintain the appropriate health and nutritional levels of the herd. Therefore, the objective was to describe the food provided by producers to cattle on rural properties in municipalities in Acre in the period 2015 and 2016. To this end, a descriptive study with a quantitative approach was carried out using secondary data provided by the Institute of Agricultural Defense and Forestry of Acre (IDAF). It was found that properties belonging to the municipalities of Rio Branco (30.8%) and Sena Madureira (25.0%) were those that had the highest frequency of inspections carried out by IDAF in 2015 and 2016, respectively. With regard to the type of farm, dairy farms had a higher frequency of inspections in 2015 and mixed farms had a higher frequency in 2016. In relation to the main source of food, in the biennium, the supply of pasture and supplementation with mineral salt was observed in 60.0% of the properties, with the majority of them working with an extensive production system. Regarding the age of the animals, the highest occurrence of supplementation in 2015 (38.5%) was in animals aged 0 to 36 months. Regarding the supplementation season, in 2015 (92.3%) and 2016 (65%) of rural producers supplemented in the Amazon summer. Given the above, it was possible to see that the feeding of the animals on the inspected properties is within acceptable sanitary conditions, that is, they did not offer by-products of animal origin to the cattle, but the nutritional situation is still not ideal, therefore, they require assistance adequate technique for maintaining satisfactory eating patterns.
- Eder Ferreira de Arruda
- Dhemes Camilo Cosmo Barros