Índices reprodutivos e características de desempenho em bovinos de corte infectados pelo Herpevírus Bovino 1

Reproductive rates and performance traits in beef cattle females infected by Herpesvirus Bovine-1 (BoHV-1) were evaluated in a farm at São Paulo state, Brazil. Gir, Guzerá, Nelore and Caracu purebred animals were examinated to BoHV-1 (ELISA) at the beginning of the breeding season and the occurrence of reactors was 54.2% (386/712). BoHV-1 did not interfere in the pregnancy rates of both reagent - 80.3% (310/386) and non-reagent - 74.5% (243/326) females. It did not reduce the parturition rate of both reagent - 97.7% (300/307) and non-reagent - 93.8% (225/240) females. Total rate of stillbirths in BoHV-1 reagent females - 1.3% (4/300) did not differ from non-reagent females - 2.2% (5/225). BoHV-1 did not affect performance traits for reagent and non-reagent females, respectivelly, to daily weight gain during the breeding season (459.90 ± 2.82 g and 466.63 ± 2.87 g), body condition score at the beginning of the breeding season (6.89 ± 0.08 and 6.99 ± 0.08), body condition score at the end of the breeding season (7.73 ± 0.06 and 7.71 ± 0.06), weight at parturition (419.17 ± 3.34 kg and 425.97 ± 3.22 kg). It was concluded that non-vaccinated beef cattle females infected by BoHV-1 and bred under adequate extensive management, with body condition score over 5 and gain of weight during the breeding season presented good pregnancy, parturition and birth rates, no matter the breed, genetic group, age and seroconvertion.Avaliou-se índices reprodutivos e características de desempenho em fêmeas bovinas de corte, infectadas pelo Herpesvírus Bovino-1 (BoHV-1), em um rebanho no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Animais das raças Gir, Guzerá, Nelore e Caracu foram monitorados no início da estação de monta e a sororeatividade ao BoHV-1 pelo teste ELISA foi 54,2% (386/712). O BoHV-1 não interferiu no índice de prenhez de matrizes reagentes - 80,3% (310/386) e não reagentes - 74,5% (243/326) e nem reduziu a taxa de parição de matrizes reagentes - 97,7% (300/307) e não reagentes - 93,8% (225/240). O coeficiente de natimortalidade de matrizes reagentes ao BoHV-1 - 1,3% (4/300) não diferiu da encontrada para as não reagentes - 2,2% (5/225). O BoHV-1 não afetou a média de algumas características de desempenho de fêmeas reagentes e não reagentes, respectivamente, como ganho de peso médio diário durante a estação de monta (459,90 ± 2,82 g e 466,63 ± 2,87 g), condição corporal na entrada da estação de monta (6,89 ± 0,08 e 6,99 ± 0,08), condição corporal na saída da estação de monta (7,73 ± 0,06 e 7,71 ± 0,06) e peso à parição (419,17 ± 3,34 kg e 425,97 ± 3,22 kg). Concluiu-se que matrizes de corte infectadas pelo BoHV-1 e não vacinadas, criadas sob condições adequadas de manejo zootécnico extensivo e nutricional, como escore corporal acima de 5 e ganho de peso durante a estação de monta, apresentaram bons índices de prenhez, parição e natalidade, independente da raça, grupo genético, faixa etária e soroconversão

Parameter-varying modelling and fault reconstruction for wind turbine systems

In this paper, parameter-varying technique is firstly addressed for modelling a 4.8 MW wind turbine system which is nonlinear in essence. It is worthy to point out that the proposed parameter-varying model is capable of describing a nonlinear real-time process by using real-time system parameter updating. Secondly, fault reconstruction approach is proposed to reconstruct system component fault and actuator fault by utilizing augmented adaptive observer technique with parameter-varying. Different from the offline tuning adaptive scheme, the proposed adaptive observer includes adaptive tuning ability to online adjust the observer based on varying parameter. The effectiveness of the proposed parameter-varying modelling and fault reconstruction methods is demonstrated by using a widely-recognized 4.8 MW wind turbine benchmark system

<b>Breed and selection line differences in the temperament of beef cattle</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v35i2.16426

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotShowRevisions /> <w:DoNotPrintRevisions /> <w:DoNotShowMarkup /> <w:HyphenationZone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <p class="aTitulodoArtigo" style="margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><a name="_GoBack"></a></p><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The temperament of four beef cattle breeds were measured using a flight time test (FT) and a behavior score test (BST). FT was defined as the time taken by animals to cross a distance of 2 m after weight scale. The BST used a visual assessment of cattle behavior in which the results of four categories defined the score: movements, breathing intensity, vocalization and kicking. FT and BST coefficients of heritability were estimated using the restricted maximum likelihood, considering half siblings. Caracu presented a lower BST value than the other breeds. Nellore presented intermediate results, followed by Guzerat and Gyr with similar and higher means (p < 0.05). Similar results were observed with FT, but Caracu and Nellore did not differ from each other. A low association between FT and BST was found (r_p= -0.36; p < 0.01). The correlation between a sire’s ranking, according to the predicted breeding values (p) estimated for FT and BST, was moderate and negative (r_s = -0.63; p < 0.001). Heritability estimates for FT and BST were 0.35 and 0.34, respectively. Inside Nellore breed, herds with different selection criteria for weight were compared. Our results show that selection line based on weight might positively modulate temperament of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bos indicus </em>cattle.</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></strong><p class="aresumo" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p> </p