MEDIÇÃO DAS FORÇAS DE REAÇÃO DO SOLO EM BOVINOS JOVENS NAS SITUAÇÕES DE CAMINHADA E DE PARADA UTILIZANDO A PLATAFORMA DE FORÇA

2009; Volume: 10; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1518-8191

Autores

Luciano Brito Rodrigues, Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas, Rafael Resende Faleiros, Hans Joachim Menzel,

Tópico(s)

Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Resumo

This work used the force plate for measurement of ground reaction forces on Girolanda breed calf limbs. Two experiments were performed, one to measure the forces with the animals in standing static position and the other to measure the forces during gait. The results showed the viability of using the force plate to measure the ground reaction force in large animals. The forces at the static position allowed to conclude that the reaction forces are greater on anterior limbs and that most part of the body weight are placed on the thoracic region of the animals. These findings are according to results reported for other species and close to that previously established on literature. The curves with the variation of forces on gait with time results in a configuration similar to those seen in natural humane gait and the maximum force value corresponds to more than 50% of body weight.

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