Variáveis nutricionais e fisiológicas de ovinos da raça Morada Nova de diferentes classes sexuais submetidos à restrição alimentar

Abstract

This study was accomplished with the objective of determining the effects of sexual class and feed restriction on nutrient intake, digestibility, purine derivatives, nitrogen balance, feeding behavior and physiological parameters in hair sheep Morada Nova. Thirty-five animals (11 intact males, 12 castrated and 12 females) with an initial average weight of 14.5 ± 0,89kg were used in a completely randomized design in a 3x3 factorial design with three sexual classes (intact males, castrated and females) and three levels of feed restriction (ad libitum, 30 and 60%). Sexual class and feed restriction influenced (P<0.05) the intake of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (NDFap), total carbohydrates (TC), non-fibrous carbohydrates (NFC), total digestible nutrients (TDN) and metabolied energy (ME) and the balance of nitrogen compounds. The digestibility coefficient of DM, CP and EE were influenced (P<0.05) by feed restriction, however there was no effect (P>0.05) the sexual class on the digestibility coefficients of CP, EE and NFC. There was interaction between sexual class and feed restriction (P<0.05) in digestibility of OM, NDFap and CT. Eating times (ET) and rumination times (RUT) were affected by feed restriction (P<0.05), however they were not affected by sexual class (P>0.05). The urinary volume, excretions of creatinine, allantoin, xanthine and hypoxanthine, absorption of purine derivatives (absPD), total purine derivatives (PD) and microbial protein synthesis (micCP) were not influenced (P>0.05) by sexual class. Urine output, creatinine excretion, xanthine and hypoxanthine were not influenced by feed restriction (P>0.05), however, this factor influenced the excretion of allantoin, uric acid, absPD and PD. Physiological parameters, surficial temperature (ST) on the left of pectoral region and rectal temperature (RT), were not affected by sexual class (P>0.05). Feed restriction and the period of collect of physiological variables influenced (P<0.05) ST the left side, chest and RT. There was interaction (P<0.05) between sexual class and feed restriction ST to the right side. Intake and digestibility of nutrients are influenced by more severe dietary restrictions. Sexual class does not influence the excretion of purine derivatives and microbial protein synthesis. Feed restriction reduces heat losses by body surface of lambs.