Revista Caatinga (Jan 2008)

ANÁLISE ECONÔMICA SOBRE O MANEJO NUTRICIONAL E SANITÁRIO EM CRIAÇÕES DE OVINOS NAS PROPRIEDADES DO SUL DE TOCANTINS

  • Fernando Brito Lopes,
  • Tânia Vasconcelos Cavalcante,
  • Clauber Rosanova,
  • Francisca Elda Ferreira Dias,
  • Rubens Fausto da Silva

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 43 – 50

Abstract

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With the objective of analyzing the impact of the nutritional and sanitary manages bioeconomically in properties of the South of the State of Tocantins, through productivity indices, it accomplished a survey, through questionnaire, in 12 properties, of the which, it was selected intentionally six, that it were divided in two groups: group "A", containing three properties that accomplish appropriate nutritional and sanitarium manages; and group "B", also with three properties whose nutritional and sanitarium manages are deficient. After completion of the questionnaire, for gauging of the productivity indices of each group, it can be glimpsed the magnitude of the impact of the nutritional and sanitary manages on the systems of creation of animals sheep, demonstrating that the properties of the group "A", in spite of the expenses with feeding and medicines, it possess more competitive and lucrative profile in relation to the group "B". Of ownership of the data of the indexes productivity, it took place an evolution of a flock, containing 100 ewes and three reproductive, where the group "A" presented a larger number of animals to be sloughtered, proving the profitability of the systems that use an appropriate nutritional and sanitarium manages rationally.