Zoneamento e análise da bovinocultura no Estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

The present work aimed to analyze and delimit cattle breeding in the State of Paraíba, as well as analyzing milk production on the basis of meteorological data, the or not of the bovine herd according to rainfall and number of herds, milked cows as well as milk production according to the studied period. The meteorological data were obtained through the Database of the Academic Unit of Atmospheric Sciences of the Center of Technology and Natural Resources of the Federal University of Campina Grande, and the data of the Bovinocultura were obtained through the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Boa Vista-PB collected at that location. The results showed that the climatic conditions of the State of Paraíba allow the creation of Zebu breeds and mestizas of Zebu, and in places where average annual temperatures are equal to or less than 22 ° C, the European and mestizo breeds can be raised and exploited. In general, there was decrease of the herd in the state of Paraíba in the period 1998-2003; milking is very varied, both spatially and temporally, and the daily average of milk production in the State of Paraíba, according to data published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, is well below the national average which is of the order of 6.7 liters / day, according to the latest information.