The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of dietary lipid content (20, 40 and 60 g/kg dry matter) on intake, total and ruminal apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation parameters, microbial synthesis efficiency and rumen microbial content of beef cattle. Nine cannulated steers at 6 months of age with initial body weight of 232±35 kg were used in a triplicate 3 × 3 Latin square design. The results indicated that the total […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of the ionophore monensin on the intake, weight gain, feed:gain ratio and withers and croup heights of heifers maintained in feedlot, and also the feeding costs. Twenty eight Holstein heifers were confined individually for 84 days, and fed diets containing 32.84% concentrate (corn grain, soybean meal, urea and mineral mix) and 67.16% corn silage and sugar cane, at the proportion of 1:1 in DM. The ionophore levels added to the […]

Linear regressions were developed to estimate the chemical empty body composition of cattle from three genetic groups (Caracu, CaS; Selected Nellore, NeS; and Control Nellore, NeC) using the physical and chemical compositions of the 9th-10th-11th rib section. Fifty six intact males (20 CaS, 20 NeS and 16 NeC) were slaughtered at 20-24 months of age. The content of water, protein, ether extract and ashes were determined in rib section and on samples obtained after grinding and homogenization of all body […]

Four crossbred bovines (Zebu x Holstein) fed in nature, hydrolyzed, hydrolyzed sugar cane hay and silage as roughage sources constituting 70% of the diets were used to study the effect of alkali treatment of sugar cane (1.5% of NaOH at 50%) on dietary total digestibility and dry matter intake and rate of passage of sugar canes. The fiber was the most influenced fraction by the alkali treatment and increased at least by 45% of digestibility. The increases of 25.0 and […]

Twelve non pregnant dry cows (640 kg LW) were assigned to a randomized block design, provided that the treatments were alfalfa haylage (60.0% DM and 19.5% CP) control or inoculated with Silobac® product (Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus pentosaceus), with the objective to evaluate the effects of microbial inoculation of alfalfa silage on ruminal and total digestibility in bovines. Experimental diet was composing by 50% of alfalfa silage and 50% of concentrate as dry matter basis. The experimental period had duration […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the cryopreservation of in vitro mature or immature oocytes by conventional method. The experiment was conducted using oocytes of cows’ ovaries from slaughterhouse, distributed into six treatments: unfrozen oocytes with the cumulus oophorus cells (T1) and naked (T2) which were submitted to the process of MIV, FIV and CIV; immature oocytes, with the cumulus oophorus cells (T3) and naked (T4), which were submitted to the cryopreservation, unfrozen and the MIV, FIV and […]

Simple linear regressions to estimate empty body chemical composition of Santa Gertrudis young bulls were obtained, using the physical and chemical composition of the 9-10-11th ribs cut. Fifteen intact males, from nine to fifteen months of age and from 220 to 505 kg of liveweight, were kept confined. They were slaughtered after 18 hours without water and food, and six of them were slaughtered after adaptation period. The content of water, protein, lipid and ash were determined on the ribs […]

The influence of the level of forage intake on the degradability of particles of elephant grass in the sections of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of bovines and on some traits of ruminal kinetics was studied. A completely randomized split plot design was used, with twelve treatments in the main plots (a 2×6 factorial, comprising two levels of feeding: restricted – NA1 and unrestricted – NA2, and six slaughter times) and the five sections GIT in the split plots. Thirty-six steers maintained […]

The evaluated animals were raised in grazing system without supplementation in the dry season, from 1988 to 1996. A total of 587 observations of days open (DO) was taken from the archives of the regional technical office of ABCZ (Escritório Técnico Regional da ABCZ) in Fortaleza – CE and from zootechical registers of the Farm Entre Rios. The GLM procedure of the SAS Program was used to analyze the data. The model included the sire of the cow random effect, […]

The evaluated animals has been bred fed only with grass, without any complementary alimentation during the dry season from 1988 to 1996. A total of 1206 observations of the gestation lenght (LG) was taken from the archives of the regional technical office of ABCZ (Escritório Técnico Regional da ABCZ) in Fortaleza – CE and from zoo-technical registers of the farm. For the statistical analyses of the data was used the SAS (Statistical Analysis System, 1990), through procedure GLM (general linear […]