Relatório do estágio curricular supervisionado em medicina veterinária área de concentração: bovinocultura de corte

Abstract

This report aims to present the experience and activities carried out during the mandatory curricular internship, as well as to discuss a topic of relevance to beef cattle farming. The internship was carried out in the municipality of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, and was supervised by Prof. Tiago Gallina, between September 12 and December 2, 2022, totaling a workload of 460 hours and having as the chosen location, the company João Carlos Wayss Pinheiro e CIA LTDA (TOCO Negócios Rurais), being supervised by the veterinarian and owner of the same, João Carlos Wayss Pinheiro. The company's main focus is beef cattle farming, where the activities developed during the internship period were mainly services and management based on reproduction and genetic improvement of beef cattle, the main ones being fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) protocols, genetic selection and andrological tests. The topic chosen for the discussion was pregnancy losses due to the greater casuistry, in addition to representing one of the main problems for reproductive performance and efficiency in livestock farming.