FEED EFFICIENCY, INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR, TEMPERAMENT AND METABOLIC PARAMETERS OF WATER BUFFALOES FROM THREE GENETIC GROUPS AFTER WEANING.

• Grant number: 18/25939-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2019
• End date: January 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Production
• Principal Investigator: Andre Mendes Jorge
• Grantee: Caroline de Lima Francisco
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/05473-7 - Nutritional requirements, behavior, animal temperament, feed efficiency, metabolic parameters, carcass and meat quality from buffaloes in tropical conditions, AP.TEM

Abstract

The objective of this research project is to evaluate the feed efficiency, temperament, ingestive behavior and metabolic parameters of water buffaloes from three genetic groups in the post-weaning period. The experiment will be carried out at the Center for Tropical Research in Buffaloes (CPTB), at the Experimental Farm Edgárdia, in Botucatu, a unit of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the Sao Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", located in the center-west of the State from Sao Paulo. Fifty-five buffaloes (25 animals of each breed: Jafarabadi, Mediterranea and Murrah) will be used, born and weaned, with weight and mean age of 180 kg and 210 days, respectively. Will be determined: 1- consumption and individual eating behavior (Intergado System); 2- animal temperament; 3-metabolic parameters for the evaluation of metabolic and behavioral parameters (glucose, insulin, urea, creatine kinase, total plasma protein, aspartate transaminase (AST), leptin, bilirubin, cortisol and allantoin). For the statistical analysis of the data, the PROC MIXED procedure of the statistical package SAS (2002) will be used.

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)

FRANCISCO, CAROLINE L.; CASTILHOS, ANDRE M.; MARQUES DA SILVA, DAIANE C.; DA SILVA, FABIOLA MARTINEZ; ARANHA, ALINE S.; JACAUNA, AMANNA G.; JORGE, ANDRE M.. Use of the entry time and exit velocity as tools for the assessment of water buffalo temperament. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 98, p. 2-pg., 2020-11-01. (18/25939-1, 14/05473-7)

FRANCISCO, CAROLINE L.; CASTILHOS, ANDRE M.; MARQUES DA SILVA, DAIANE C.; DA SILVA, FABIOLA MARTINEZ; ARANHA, ALINE S.; JACAUNA, AMANNA G.; LUZ, PATRICIA A. C.; PAULA, TANIA V.; OLIVEIRA, CAMILA S.; JORGE, ANDRE M.. Influence of the temperament of water buffaloes on the serum lipid levels. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 98, p. 1-pg., 2020-11-01. (18/25939-1, 14/05473-7)

FRANCISCO, CAROLINE L.; CASTILHOS, ANDRE M.; MARQUES DA SILVA, DAIANE C.; DA SILVA, FABIOLA MARTINEZ; ARANHA, ALINE S.; JACAUNA, AMANNA G.; OLIVEIRA, CAMILA S.; JACOB, VANESSA R. M.; CORDEIRO, LAIS G.; JORGE, ANDRE M.. Infrared thermography technology as a promising tool for assessing temperament of water buffaloes. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 98, p. 2-pg., 2020-11-01. (18/25939-1, 14/05473-7)