The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
Eight rumen fistulated rams were delineated in two Latin Squares in four periods of 35 days each and four treatments consisted of increasing levels of sugar cane (SC) in substitution to the corn silage (CS): A) 100% CS, B) 67% CS and 33% SC, C) 33% CS and 67% SC and D) 100% SC, to evaluate the population of ciliate protozoa in the rumen. The total concentrations of rumen ciliate protozoa and of Entodinium decreased and the values of pH of the ruminal content increased linearly as dietary sugar cane levels increased. No differences between treatments were observed for the rumen volume and the rumen liquid turnover rate.
Effects of diets with increasing levels of sugar cane in substitution of corn silage on rumen population ciliate protozoa in sheep
Franzolin,Maria Helena Tieghi and Lucci,Carlos de Sousa and Franzolin,Raul. Effects of diets with increasing levels of sugar cane in substitution of corn silage on rumen population ciliate protozoa in sheep. R. Bras. Zootec. [online]. 2000, vol.29, 5, [cited 2026-04-24], pp.1452-1457. Available from: <https://rbz.org.br/article/effects-of-diets-with-increasing-levels-of-sugar-cane-in-substitution-of-corn-silage-on-rumen-population-ciliate-protozoa-in-sheep/>. ISSN 1516-3598. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982000000500025.
Franzolin,Maria Helena Tieghi; Lucci,Carlos de Sousa; Franzolin,Raul. Effects of diets with increasing levels of sugar cane in substitution of corn silage on rumen population ciliate protozoa in sheep. R. Bras. Zootec., v.29, 5, p. 1452-1457. Oct. 2000. Available from: <https://rbz.org.br/article/effects-of-diets-with-increasing-levels-of-sugar-cane-in-substitution-of-corn-silage-on-rumen-population-ciliate-protozoa-in-sheep/>. acess on 24 Apr. 2026. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982000000500025.
Franzolin,Maria Helena Tieghi, & Lucci,Carlos de Sousa, & Franzolin,Raul. (2000). Effects of diets with increasing levels of sugar cane in substitution of corn silage on rumen population ciliate protozoa in sheep. R. Bras. Zootec., 29(5) , 1452-1457. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982000000500025.
FranzolinMaria Helena Tieghi, LucciCarlos de Sousa, FranzolinRaul. Effects of diets with increasing levels of sugar cane in substitution of corn silage on rumen population ciliate protozoa in sheep. R. Bras. Zootec. [Internet]. 2000 Oct [cited 2026 Apr 24]; 29(5): 1452-1457. Available from: https://rbz.org.br/article/effects-of-diets-with-increasing-levels-of-sugar-cane-in-substitution-of-corn-silage-on-rumen-population-ciliate-protozoa-in-sheep/. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982000000500025.
Figure 6
Differential abundance for the species Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (A) and Megamonas funiformis (B).
