The objective of this study was to evaluate the decomposition rates from residues of neen plants (Azadirachta indica), soil respiration and soil microarthropods under neen agroecosystem and area of primary succession. The ...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of environment, with the aid of infrared thermography on thermoregulatory responses and thermal gradients of goats saanen pure and crossbred ¾ Boer + ¼ saanen in the semiarid ...

The farming goat has suffered big economical losses with the indiscriminate use of sintetical anthelmintics owing to the resistance acquired for the parasites to this farmacs. With this, are necessaries new alternatives ...

Gastrointestinal helminthes infections in bovines cause big economic losses, due to mortality and reduction of animals’ productivity. The control of these parasites is based mainly on the treatment of the animals with ...

Soil nitrogen (N) is one of the most limiting factors for plant growth in semiarid areas. Diazotrophic bacteria can supply part of N necessary to grass growth with no additional costs, while reduce the environmental toll ...

This study evaluated the utilization of jurema preta fruits and hay and spineless cactus bran as food source to lambs. Two 18-Santa Inês lambs experiments were carried out at UFCG/CSTR facilities, in Patos-PB, Brazil. In ...

Caatinga exploration is based on subsistence agriculture, extensive cattle raising and logging for energy production. These actions and the tropical dry climate result in large areas with no vegetation cover and high levels ...

This work had the aim to evaluate the effects of the diet for compensatory gain on the weights and income of carcass and the other constituents body edible of the Santa Ines sheep finished in confinement. It was used 40 ...

This study was conducted to evaluate different levels of cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) in the diet of sheep on the digestibility of nutrients, the performance by the average daily weight gain (DWG), feed consumptions, ...

The present work aimed to evaluate the vegetative growth of forage cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) in function of different spacing and phosphorus levels. The experiment was conducted in Teixeira, Paraíba State, Brazil, at ...