INFLUENCE OF SHADOW AVAILABILITY ON SPERMATIC MORPHOLOGY OF BRAHMAN BULLS [Bos ...

• Author(s): Fantinato Neto, P. ; Leme, T.M.C. ; Amadeu, C.C.B. ; Geraldo, A.C.A.P.M ; Tribucci, A.M.O. ; Colussi, A.M. ; Pereira, A.M.F. ; Titto, E.A.L.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3619
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): ambience; heat stress; semen morphology; shading
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Under heat stress conditions, testicular degeneration can occur, even on zebu animals. Therefore, the aim of this work was to verify the occurrence of any possible effect of shadow availability on pasture on spermatic morphology of Brahman Bulls on Brazil Southeast. Five animals were allocated on pasture with shadow availability, and five bulls were allocated on pasture without any kind of shadow. No difference was observed (P>0.05) in any of the characteristics analyzed when Brahman bulls were maintained on pastures with or without shadow availability.