Fourty beef cows (330 kg) were allotted to a completely randomized design, in a 2×2 factorial scheme (two supplementation levesl [0.5 and 1.0% LW] and two energy sources [whole oat grain and ground corn grain]) to evaluate perfomance of animal grazing Marandugrass (Brachiaria brizantha Hochst ex. A. Rich Stapf), during the dry season. Supplements were formulated to contain 15% of crude protein (CP). Average daily gain showed no difference among treatments (0.58 and 0.69 kg/d for oat, and 0.54 and […]

The experiment was developed to evaluate the effect of the replacement of corn grain by dehydrated citrus pulp pellets on the performance and carcass characteristics of Santa Gertrudis young bulls fed high concentrate diets. Twenty-eight bulls, with average age of nine months and an initial weight of 277 kg, were kept in individual pens and fed during 92 days, after 21 days of adaptation. The animals were fed a diet with 20% of the dry matter as corn silage, with […]

The carcass quantitative characteristics of feedlot finished Red Angus steers, with initial age of eight months and 189 kg, slaughtered with 340, 370, 400 or 430 kg (SW), were evaluated. The number of days to reach the respective weight was 114, 144, 173 and 213 days. The diet contained 13.13% crude protein, 2.7 Mcal digestible energy/kg DM and a roughage:concentrate ratio of 56:44. Carcass dressing percentage and conformation were not affected by the slaughter weight. The saw cut weight although […]

The objective of this experiment was to study different levels of energy supplementation on the carcass characteristics of beef cull cows under temporary grazing on cultivated pasture of Lolium multiflorum + X triticosecale. Fourty Charolais cows were divided into four age classes (AC), being: 4 (AC4), 5 and 6 (AC5-6), 7 and 8 (AC7-8) or more than 8 years (AC+8), and randomly alloted into four levels of supplementation (SL): 0, .3, .6 and .9% of live weight. The supplement used […]

ABSTRACT – Thirty six lambs (18 male and 18 female) from three different genetic groups: 12 lambs Texel x Bergamacia, (T B), 12 lambs Texel x Santa Inês (T S) and 12 lambs pure Santa Inês (SI) were fed with three different experimental diets: A – without coffee hulls; B – with in natura coffee hull and; C – with coffee hull, treated with urea and whole ground soybean seed. The hot carcass weight (CQ), cold carcass weight (CF), hot […]