Study of thermal equilibrium associate with CH4 emission in Nelore cattle managed in the field during a period of 24 hours

• Grant number: 14/11170-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Ecology of Domestic Animals and Ethology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Alex Sandro Campos Maia
• Grantee: Cíntia Carol de Melo Costa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/15558-5 - HSP, T3 and T4 measurements of beef cattle in different seasons, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Given the current global climate scenario becomes important to understand what the impacts of a warmer atmosphere on the thermal balance in livestock, especially cattle. Quantifying the emission of greenhouse gases such animals also becomes important because this activity has a positive impact on the national economy, however, the environmental point of view, the impact is negative, due to the fact enteric fermentation contribute about 20 % of methane emissions in Brazil. Study the thermoregulation of Nelore cattle associated with the emission of methane throughout the day at different times of the year (July and January), becomes crucial because it will help with estimates for national emission inventories of greenhouse gases, as well to generate knowledge about the influence of weather conditions in the thermoregulation of the animals associated with the emission of methane, this is the goal of this work. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE MELO COSTA, CINTIA CAROL; CAMPOS MAIA, ALEX SANDRO; BROWN-BRANDL, TAMI M.; NETO, MARCOS CHIQUITELLI; CARVALHO FONSECA, VINICIUS DE FRANCA. Thermal equilibrium of Nellore cattle in tropical conditions: an investigation of circadian pattern. Journal of Thermal Biology, v. 74, p. 317-324, MAY 2018. (14/11170-7, 14/09639-7)

MOURA, GUSTAVO ANDRE BERNADO; COSTA, CINTIA CAROL DE MELO; FONSECA, VINICIUS DE FRANCA CARVALHO; WIJFFELS, GENE; CASTRO, PATRIC ANDRE; NETO, MARCOS CHIQUITELLI; MAIA, ALEX SANDRO CAMPOS. Are crossbred cattle (F1, Bos indicus x Bos taurus) thermally different to the purebred Bos indicus cattle under moderate conditions?. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, v. 246, APR 2021. (14/11170-7, 11/17388-6, 16/12278-1, 18/19148-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

COSTA, Cíntia Carol de Melo. Study of thermal equilibrium associate with CH4 emission in Nelore cattle managed in the field during a period of 24 hours. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.