Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-05-05T22:28:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MarianaCampeloMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 772096 bytes, checksum: e5e0c07a70695e8451273d23375bb206 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-05-05T23:18:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MarianaCampeloMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 772096 bytes, checksum: e5e0c07a70695e8451273d23375bb206 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-05T23:18:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarianaCampeloMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 772096 bytes, checksum: e5e0c07a70695e8451273d23375bb206 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-29 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / O confinamento ? um sistema sustent?vel quando utilizado associado a alternativas alimentares que supram as necessidades nutricionais dos animais e torne-se vi?vel economicamente para o produtor. Alimentos que apresentem caracter?sticas de resist?ncia aos per?odos de estiagem no semi?rido nordestino, como a palma forrageira e as leguminosas, devem ser utilizados e avaliados nos animais. Assim, objetivou-se com esse estudo avaliar as caracter?sticas de carca?a e composi??o tecidual da carne de ovinos em confinamento. Foi utilizada a palma forrageira associada a fenos de quatro diferentes tipos de leguminosas: Catanduva, sabi?, catingueira e gliric?dia. Utilizou-se 24 ovinos 1/2 SPRD (sem padr?o racial definido) x 1/2 Soinga, machos n?o castrados, com peso vivo m?dio de 21,4 kg. Ao atingirem 60 dias de experimento os animais foram submetidos ao abate. A utiliza??o de palma associada aos fenos de leguminosas proporcionou altera??es (P<0,05) para as vari?veis per?metro da coxa (43,50 cm), peso do corpo vazio (24,45 cm), conte?do do TGI (6,65 kg), per?metro do t?rax (68,50 cm), pesos e rendimentos da paleta (17,30 kg e 1,22%) e lombo (18,67 kg e 1,39 %) e peso da perna (31,10 kg), porcentagem de osso (18,98 %), rela??o m?sculo:osso (4,17 % ) e para gordura omental (0,97 kg). Palma forrageira associada a fenos de leguminosas pode ser indicada na alimenta??o de ovinos em confinamento por manter caracter?sticas de carca?a desej?veis nos animais. / Containment is a sustainable system when used in combination with alternative foods that meet the nutritional needs of animals and become economically viable for the producer. Foods that have the characteristics of resistance to periods of drought in the semiarid northeast, as cactus pear and legumes are used and evaluated in animals. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate carcass characteristics and tissue composition of sheep meat in confinement. Was used cactus pear with four different types of legumes hay: Catanduva, sabi?, catingueira and gliric?dia. We used 24 sheep half SPRD (without defined breed) x 1/2 Soinga intact male, with an average body weight of 21.4 kg. When they reach 60 days of the experiment the animals were submitted to the slaughter. The use of palm associated with legume hays provided changes (P <0.05) for the variables thigh circumference (43.50 cm), empty body weight (24.45 cm), TGI content (6.65 kg ), chest circumference (68.50 cm), weight and yield of the palette (17.30 kg and 1.22%) and loin (18.67 kg and 1.39%) and leg weight (31.10 kg ), bone percentage (18.98%), muscle: bone (4.17 %) and omental fat (0.97 kg). Cactus pear associated with hay forage legumes can be noted in sheep feeding in confinement for maintaining desirable carcass characteristics of animals.