Abstract

The study looked at the analysis of the growth and exploitation of bulls, cows and young bulls of the Aberdeen Angus - black and red - both in semi-open shelters, in paddocks, outdoors and pasture. The Aberdeen Angus breed is characterized by good adaptation power under the conditions of a proper exploitation environment, requiring good maintenance conditions and good pastures, because it performs selective pasture, has a calm temperament and a very good precocity, feed conversion is very good and shows a high cutting yield. The animals were raising in an extensive system. Therefore, the number of animals must be closely related with the areas of land available to avoid problems of erosion and excessive wearing of the vegetation and to allow the spreading of animal manure, with the aim of avoiding environmental damage. Animal production should contribute to a balance in agricultural production systems, satisfying the demands of the vegetation in terms of nutrients and enriching the soil with organic matter. In this way, it can help to establish and maintain interdependence of soil-plant, plant-animal and animal-soil.

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