Resumo -O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a diversidade fenotípica de uma população de galinhas Peloco e compará-la a três linhagens comerciais de frango de corte do tipo caipira. Avaliações foram feitas quanto a características de: peso de carcaça, peito, coxa e sobrecoxa; altura, largura e comprimento do peito; e comprimento da coxa e da sobrecoxa. Os dados foram submetidos às análises de variáveis canônicas e à análise discriminante independente do tamanho (ADIT). Os resíduos da ADIT foram utilizados na análise de agrupamento pelos métodos de Tocher e UPGMA. As duas primeiras variáveis canônicas foram suficientes para explicar 94,66% da variação total entre os fenótipos. O peso da carcaça teve a maior contribuição para a variação (59,91%) entre os grupos de aves, seguido de peso da coxa (12,63%) e largura do peito (11,75%). Ambos os métodos de agrupamento resultaram na formação de dois grupos: um de linhagens comerciais e outro da raça Peloco. O isolamento da Peloco é consequência da ausência de seleção para as características estudadas. Além disso, a presença de variabilidade dentro da raça Peloco mostra a existência de animais com maior potencial quanto ao peso de carcaça, o que possibilita o melhoramento da raça.Termos para indexação: diversidade fenotípica, análise multivariada, recursos genéticos. Carcass characteristics of Peloco naturalized chicken compared to free-range broiler lineagesAbstract -The objective of this work was to evaluate the phenotypic diversity of a Peloco chicken population and to compare it with three free-range broiler commercial lineages. Evaluations were done for the following characteristics: the weights of carcass, breast, drumstick, and thigh; the height, width, and length of breast; and the lengths of drumstick and thigh. Data were submitted to canonic variable analyses and to size-independent discriminant analysis (ADIT). The ADIT residues were used in Tocher´s grouping analysis and in UPGMA method. The first two canonic variables were sufficient to explain 94.66% of the total variation among phenotypes. Carcass weight had the greatest contribution for the variation (59.91%) among the bird groups, followed by drumstick weight (12.63%) and breast width (11.75%). Both grouping methods resulted in the formation of two groups, one of the commercial lineages, and other of the Peloco breed. Peloco isolation is a consequence of the selection absence for the studied characteristics. In addition, the presence of variability in Peloco breed shows the existence of animals with a greater potential for carcass weight, which makes it possible the improvement of this breed.

The objective of this study was to evaluate productive traits in sheep fed roughage-free diets by multivariate analysis. Forty lambs were used in this study: 20 Santa Inês animals, consisting of 10 uncastrated males and 10 females; and 20 crossbreds (½ Santa Inês × Dorper), consisting of 10 uncastrated males and 10 females, at an average age of five months. Lambs were randomly allocated into the following treatments: Santa Inês males fed once daily (SM1); Santa Inês males fed twice daily (SM2); Santa Inês females fed once daily (SF1); Santa Inês females fed twice daily (SF2); crossbred males fed once daily (CM1); crossbred males fed twice daily (CM2); crossbred females fed once daily (CF1); and crossbred females fed twice daily (CF2). In the multivariate analysis, a difference was detected between the mean values for production classes and feeding-behavior variables (Wilks, Pillai, Hotelling-Lawley, and Roy tests). Tocher's optimization method had two groups formed: Group I, comprising treatments SM1, SM2, SF1, SF2, CF1, and CF2; and Group II, containing treatments CM1 and CM2 (crossbred males). When production and cud chews per day were evaluated, neutral detergent fiber digestibility and final weight were the performance-digestibility variables that most contributed to explaining the variation between treatments. When the feeding behavior was assessed, the time spent on other activities was the variable that most contributed. The crossbred genotype (½ Santa Inês × Dorper) and the male sex have superior performance for weight-related traits. However, when these animals are confined with females, it is recommended to supply the feed only once daily, irrespective of the genetic group.