This study aimed to evaluate the performance and bone parameters of broiler chickens fed on diets with different linseed oil (LO) levels from 1 to 42 days of age. At the initial and growing phases (1 to 21 days and 22 to 42 days of age, respectively) a completely randomized design was used with four linseed oil levels (2.0, 3.5, 5.0 or 6.5%), six replicates and 50 birds per experimental unit. The birds were fed diets with different linseed oil […]

Black-oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.) cv. EMBRAPA 29 and Triticale (X triticosecale Wittmack) cv. IAC 3 were studied under harvest or grazing every 30 d, in three planting seasons (April, May and June), in order to evaluate the bromatological composition under Northern Rio de Janeiro State conditions. The experiment was done in a factorial arrangement 2 × 2 × 3, in randomized block design with three replicates, being the factors: grass, systems and planting season. The dry matter (DM) concentration differed […]

With the objective of evaluating increasing levels of calcium in diets supplemented with the enzyme phytase for chickens from 1 to 21 days of age, an experiment was conducted using 600 1-d old Hubbard-MPK strain chicks. The broilers were allotted to a completely randomized design, factorial arrangement five x two (levels of calcium x sexes), three replicates and 20 birds per plot. The basal ration with 0.54% total phosphorus and 600 units of phytase/kg, was formulated to meet the nutritional […]