Resumo
The heat tolerance index (HTI) of 16 light colored and 15 dark colored pelage of Santa Inês breed was evaluated. This study was carried out on hot days with BGHI greater than 90. In order to calculate HTI (10 (RT2 - RT1)) rectal temperature (RT) was recorded at 01:00 p.m. (RT1) after two hours of rest in the shade. Later they were exposed to direct sun light for one hour and then they rested one more hour under shade, when the RT2 was recorded at 03:00 p.m. A completely randomized design was used to analyze hair length (HL), coat thickness (CT), skin temperature (TS) and coat temperature (TC). No differences on RT were observed between light colored and dark colored hair coat ewes, but all of them raised their temperatures (P
Objetivou-se avaliar o índice de tolerância ao calor (ITC) em ovelhas da raça Santa Inês, 16 de pelagem clara e 15 de pelagem negra, na época do calor, com ITGU superior a 90. Para o cálculo do índice foram registradas as temperaturas retais (TR) às 13 h (TR1), após duas horas em descanso na sombra; em seguida, os animais ficaram expostos ao sol por uma hora e, depois, à sombra por mais uma hora, quando se registrou a TR2, às 15 h (10 (TR2 TR1)). Utilizou-se o delineamento inteiramente ao acaso para avaliar comprimento do pelo (CP), espessura do pelame (EP), temperatura da pele (TPele) e do pelame (TP). Não houve efeito da cor do pelame na TR das ovelhas Santa Inês. Todas as ovelhas aumentaram a TR após o estresse (P
Resumo
The heat tolerance index (HTI) of 16 light colored and 15 dark colored pelage of Santa Inês breed was evaluated. This study was carried out on hot days with BGHI greater than 90. In order to calculate HTI (10 (RT2 - RT1)) rectal temperature (RT) was recorded at 01:00 p.m. (RT1) after two hours of rest in the shade. Later they were exposed to direct sun light for one hour and then they rested one more hour under shade, when the RT2 was recorded at 03:00 p.m. A completely randomized design was used to analyze hair length (HL), coat thickness (CT), skin temperature (TS) and coat temperature (TC). No differences on RT were observed between light colored and dark colored hair coat ewes, but all of them raised their temperatures (P
Objetivou-se avaliar o índice de tolerância ao calor (ITC) em ovelhas da raça Santa Inês, 16 de pelagem clara e 15 de pelagem negra, na época do calor, com ITGU superior a 90. Para o cálculo do índice foram registradas as temperaturas retais (TR) às 13 h (TR1), após duas horas em descanso na sombra; em seguida, os animais ficaram expostos ao sol por uma hora e, depois, à sombra por mais uma hora, quando se registrou a TR2, às 15 h (10 (TR2 TR1)). Utilizou-se o delineamento inteiramente ao acaso para avaliar comprimento do pelo (CP), espessura do pelame (EP), temperatura da pele (TPele) e do pelame (TP). Não houve efeito da cor do pelame na TR das ovelhas Santa Inês. Todas as ovelhas aumentaram a TR após o estresse (P