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Biblioteca(s): 	Epagri-Sede.	
Data corrente: 	25/03/2013	
Data da última atualização: 	12/11/2014	
Autoria: 	CRESTANI, S.; RIBEIRO FILHO, H. M. N.; MIGUEL, M. F.; ALMEIDA, E. X.; SANTOS, F. A. P.	
Afiliação: 	Epagri	
Título: 	Steers performance in dwarf elephant grass pastures alone or mixed with Arachis pintoi.	
Ano de publicação: 	2013	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	Tropical Animal Health Production, Edinburgh, Scotland, v. 45, n. 6, p. 1369-1374, 2013.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Notas: 	ISSN, ISSN 00494747	
Conteúdo: 	The inclusion of legumes in pasture reduces the
need for mineral nitrogen applications and the pollution of
groundwater; however, the agronomic and animal husbandry
advantages with tropical legumes are still little known.
The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of the
use of forage peanut (Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo) in dwarf
elephant grass pastures (Pennisetum purpureum cv. BRS
Kurumi) on forage intake and animal performance. The
experimental treatments were dwarf elephant grass fertilized
with 200 kgN/ha, and dwarf elephant grass mixed with
forage peanut without mineral fertilizers. The animals used
for the experiment were 12 Charolais steers (body weight
(BW)=288±5.2 kg) divided into four lots (two per treatment).
Pastures were managed under intermittent stocking
with an herbage allowance of 5.4 kg dry matter of green
leaves/100 kg BW. Dry matter intake (mean=2.44 % BW),
the average daily gain (mean=0.76 kg), and the stocking
rate (mean=3.8 AU/ha) were similar between the studied
pastures, but decreased drastically in last grazing cycle with
the same herbage allowance. The presence of peanut in
dwarf elephant grass pastures was enough to sustain the
stocking rate, but did not allow increasing forage intake
and animal performance.	
Palavras-Chave: 	Capim elefante.	
Categoria do assunto: 	K Ciência Florestal e Produtos de Origem Vegetal	
URL: 	http://intranetdoc.epagri.sc.gov.br/producao_tecnico_cientifica/DOC_27130.pdf	
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