title: Dynamics of Cattle Production in Brazil.
abstract: Movement of livestock production within a country or region has implications for genetics, adaptation, well-being, nutrition, and production logistics, particularly in continental-sized countries, such as Brazil. Cattle production in Brazil from 1977 to 2011 was spatialized, and the annual midpoint of production was calculated. Changes in the relative production and acceleration of production were calculated and spatialized using ARCGIS®. Cluster and canonical discriminant analyses were performed to further highlight differences between regions in terms of cattle production. The mean production point has moved from the Center of Minas Gerais State (in the southeast region) to the North of Goiás State (in the Midwest region). This reflects changes in environmental factors, such as pasture type, temperature and humidity. Acceleration in production in the northern region of Brazil has remained strong over the years. More recently, "traditional" cattle-rearing regions, such as the south and southeast, showed a reduction in growth rates as well as a reduction in herd size or internal migration over the period studied. These maps showed that this movement tends to be gradual, with few regions showing high acceleration or deceleration rates.
authors.affiliation: INCT-Pecuária, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Concepta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.affiliation: NESPRO, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Júlio Otávio Jardim
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Barcellos
authors.affiliation: NESPRO, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruna Krummenauer
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Formenton
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Potira Meirelles
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hermuche
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Osmar Abílio de
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: RenatoFontes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.affiliation: NESPRO, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Miguelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gianezini
authors.affiliation: NESPRO, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Antunes
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Bagé, RS-EMBRAPA-CPPSUL, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vinícius do Nascimento
authors.initials: Vdo N
authors.lastname: Lampert
authors.affiliation: NESPRO, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zago
authors.affiliation: NESPRO, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Braccini
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Neto
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002417:Cattle
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