 | Abstract 556Grazing beef cattle in native pasture areas in the dry region at different stocking rates.Costa,-AM; Martins,-RP; Ribeiro,-VQ; Ramos,-GM Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra as Secas, Teresina, PI, Brazil. Anais do II seminario de pesquisa agropecuaria do Piaui. 1981, 185-191; 4 ref. Teresina, Brazil; Unidade de Execucao de Pesquisa de Ambito Estadual de Teresina. In grazing trials in Piaui, 22 crossbred cattle aged 24-30 months were grazed on unimproved grassland dominated by Diectomis fastigiata and Aristida sp. at stocking rates of 4, 6 or 8 ha/animal. Max. daily liveweight gain (159 g/animal) occurred at the lowest stocking rate but the max. liveweight gain/ha (28 g/day) occurred at the highest stocking rate. This abstract relates to the following species: |