R. Bras. Zootec.01/Jul/2001;30(4):1287-92.

Comparison of diet evaluation systems for cattle in an intensive beef production model. Supplementation of pastures to cows in the dry season

Alexandre Amstalden Moraes Sampaio, Rodolfo Marques de Brito, Luciano Luz Morgan de Aguiar, Paulo Rossi Junior, Geraldo Maria da Cruz, Maurício Mello Alencar, Pedro Franklin Barbosa, Rogério Taveira Barbosa

DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982001000500023

Thirty Canchim cows, averaged 471 kg of body weight and 50 months old, were fed with supplement during the dry season of 1998, in order to evaluate the precision of the predicted performance for different systems of diet evaluation. The supplements were composed of corn silage, corn grain, citrus pulp, cottonseed meal, soybean meal and whole soybean, in agreement with the recommendations of the Metabolizable Protein System (MP); Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS); and Intestine Digestible Protein System (PDI), for body weight maintenance. The daily body weight change obtained did not differ among treatments CNCPS, MP and PDI, with 0.34; 0.33; and 0.19 kg/head, respectively. When the meat production was the sole objective, the economic analysis revealed R$22.00; R$-44.73; and R$47.27/ha/year for MP, CNCPS and PDI systems, respectively. It was concluded that the adjusted supplements provided compatible results with the estimated animal performance.

Comparison of diet evaluation systems for cattle in an intensive beef production model. Supplementation of pastures to cows in the dry season

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