This research was conducted with objective to evaluate the effect of different zinc (Zn) sources and doses in the diet for Santa Ines sheep. Forty lambs at weaning, with 18.4 kg of body weight were supplemented with three different sources of zinc (zinc oxide (ZnO), zinc amino acid and zinc proteinate) and three doses of zinc (200, 400 and 600 mg/kg DM) added to the basal diet. At every 28 days, animals were weighted and blood samples were collected for […]

With the objective of determine the bioavailability of two lysine sources (lysine HCl and lysine sulfate), by a growth trial, 840 one day old male broiler chicks were placed in 56 boxes. Two basal diets were formulated to supply the birds nutritional requirements, one for the starting and the other for the growing period, respectively, deficient only in lysine, which were supplemented 0,08, 0,16 and 0,24% lysine of both lysine sources. Weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion, carcass yield, legs […]

ABSTRACT – This experiment was carried out to determine the endogenous fecal losses of P and the effect of phytase on the biological availability of P in the diets and in the whole rice meal (WRM) for growing swines, by means of the isotopic dilution technique. The barrows were allotted to a complete randomized experimental design, with four treatments and three replicates. The treatments consisted on two diets without WRM (with or without 1250 FTU [Unit of Phytase Activity]/kg diet), […]