Biometria e condição corporal de caprinos terminados em pastejo recebendo feno de Malva Branca (sida cordifolia) em substituição do concentrado.

Abstract

Biometry and body condition of goats finished in grazing getting branca Malva hay ( Sida cordifolia ) in concentrate replacement. The work aimed to evaluate the effect of using mauve-white hays (cordifolia aids) as parts of supplementation goats grazing: biometrics and body condition. 24 goats were used, entire, ± 20 kg of body weight (BW) and ± 120 days of age were randomly assigned into four established treatments and called through the concentrate supplementation levels (0, 10, 20, and 30% ) based on the BW animal . The feeding regime consisted of grazing from 8:00 to 16:00 , the time the animals were collected to bays to receive supplementation , which was made in individual stalls equipped with feeder and drinker . The measures were measured at baseline and after 90 days of experiment. The evaluation of body condition of the animals was in accordance with the methodology recommended by Cezar and Souza ( 2007) . Also in this same period it was made biometric analysis ( Cezar and Souza, 2007) . The design was completely randomized with four treatments and six replications. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and regression at 5 % probability, and concluded that goats supplemented with 30% of white mallow hay and concentrate concentrate replacement does not change its biometrics and body condition score.