Evaluation of the productive characteristics of the Caqueteño Creole cattle breed.

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Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia.

Published: November 2020

The objective of this research was to evaluate the productive and reproductive characteristics of the Caqueteño Creole cattle breed. Data was taken from 655 animals organized into 6 groups: group 1 (n = 185), pure Caqueteño Creole cattle breed (Caqueteño); group 2 (n = 34), Caqueteño Creole cattle breed crossing for multiracial animals (Caqueteño 50% × multiracial 50%); group 3 (n = 10) (Caqueteño 75% × Bos indicus 25%); group 4 (n = 56), crossbreed F1 (Bos taurus × B. indicus); group 5 (n = 168), animals with B. taurus percentage greater than 50% (B. taurus > 50%); group 6 (n = 202), animals with B. indicus percentage greater than 50% (B. indicus > 50%). Subsequently were done descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the LSD Fisher test (P < 0.05), with the software InfoStat version 2018. A significant difference was found (P < 0.05); in weight at birth (WB), Caqueteño presented the smallest value (29.8 kg); in daily weight gain (DWG), weight adjusted at 9 months (W9), and weight adjusted at 18 months (W18), Caqueteño presented highest values corresponding to 574.5 g/day, 183.0 kg, and 343.6 kg, respectively; in age at the first service (AFS), the lowest value was obtained by B. taurus × B. indicus (24.5 months), and in calving interval (CI), no significant differences were found (P > 0.05). In conclusion, the Caqueteño Creole cattle breed is efficient in the productive variables (daily weight gain, adjusted weight at 9 and 18 months); in age at the first service, the F1 group indicated precocity, followed by Caqueteño Creole.

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