A study was conducted to evaluate calving interval (CI) in the Nellore breed, using a total of 578 data of calving interval from animals raised in pasture, from 1988 to 1996. The GLM procedure of the SAS Program was used to analyze the data. The model included the sire of the cow random effect, the fixed effects of genetic group of last calf, of the year and the month of the last calving and the interactions between last genetic group […]

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the dietary concentrate levels on the intake, total and partial apparent digestibilities of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), total carbohydrates (CHO), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and non structural carbohydrates (NEC). The effects of samples collections, realized on the day or the night, on the total and partial apparent digestibilities of DM and OM, were studied. Five F1 Simental x Nellore bulls fistulated in the rumen, abomasum […]

ABSTRACT – A trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of five dietary concentrate levels on the intake and total and partial apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), total carbohydrates (CHO), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and non structural carbohydrates (NSC). Five rumen, abomasum and ileum fistulated F1 Limousin x Nellore bulls were full fed diets containing 25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0% of concentrate and allotted to a 5 x 5 […]

In this work, a 19KDa, male specific protein, from bovine spermatozoa, was purified using gel filtration chromatography. A monoclonal antibody (Mab) developed (C11F) against this protein discriminated two populations of spermatozoa, as revealed by immunofluorescence in microscopy and flow citometry. The epitope recognized by Mab C11F was present in 49.7% of spermatozoa population. When added to fresh bovine semen, the Mab C11F reduced the motility and promoted agglutination of the spermatozoa.