This study was performed with the objective of assessing the effects of feed and genotype on the quantitative characteristics of carcasses of lambs finished in a feedlot and estimate gross margins. Eighteen lambs of each genotype were used: Morada Nova, Santa Inês and cross-breed Dorper × Santa Inês. Feeds with low and high energetic levels consisted of 2.5 Mcal ME/kg DM and 2.94 Mcal ME/kg DM, respectively. A randomized complete design was used, with a 3 × 2 factorial scheme. […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the availability of pasture components, average daily gain and carcass characteristics of Nellore steers receiving supplements in the finishing phase during the dry season. The experiment was carried out on Brachiaria brizantha, cv. Marandu pasture, in six nine-hectare paddocks. Forty-eight 30 month old Nellore steers with 412 + 16 kg initial weight were randomly distributed in six groups of eight animals. Each group was placed in a paddock and was weighed at […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the performance, carcass yield and intestinal morphometry of broiler chickens raised under different temperatures that received feed with or without yeast extract and prebiotic in the pre-initial phase. One thousand four hundred and forty one-day old male chicks were used, raised in different climate chambers. Feed with or without the addition of yeast extract and prebiotic was offered only in the pre-initial phase (1 to 7 days). From the eighth day on, […]

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the digestibility, intake, performance and carcass characteristics in young crossbred bulls fed balanced diets based on sugarcane or sorghum silage. In the digestibility assessment in the feedlot, four and eighteen young crossbred young bulls were used per diet, kept in individual stalls, in a randomized complete experimental design with two diets (sorghum silage + 1.0% live weight in concentrate and chopped sugar cane + 1.2% of live weight concentrate). The diets […]

The quantitative characteristics of the carcass, yield of cuts, tissue proportion, chemical composition and fatty acid profile of the Longissimus dorsi muscle of ¾ Boer + ¼ Saanen goats fed rations with linseed, sunflower and canola seeds were evaluated. Twenty-four not castrated male goats initially averaging 22.7 kg and 90 days were allotted to a completely randomized design and slaughtered at 30.9 kg of body weight and 61 days of feedlot. The rations were composed of oats hay, soybean meal, […]

The carcass characteristics, yields and linear measurements of 24 non-castrated non defined breed lambs (SPDR) with 4.8 ± 0.8 months of age and mean initial live weight of 20.45 ± 3.25 were evaluated. The animals were kept in individual stalls and fed with diets containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% of babassu meal. A block randomized design, with six replicates and four treatments was used. A linear decreasing effect of the babassu meal on the empty-body-weight, live weight at slaughter, […]

The present work aimed to estimate the individual intake of dry matter, concentrated and forage for animals feed in group. Evaluate also, dry matter intake, average daily gain and feed conversion ratio by animals from one of three genders (bulls, steers or heifers) fed individually or in groups, with two levels of concentrate offer (1.00 or 1.25% of BW), and carcass traits of confined Nellore cattle. Forty five Nellore cattle – 15 bulls, 15 steers and 15 heifers were used. […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate weight gain and carcass characteristics Nellore cattle, castrated or non-castrated, finished in confinement. It was used Thirty six animals with 24 months old and initial 445.30 kg BW (non-castrated) or 449.57 kg BW (castrated at 400 kg BW). The animals were slaughtered at 50 days of confinement, when reached 516.30 kg BW (non-castrated) and 506.86 kg BW (castrated). Non-castrated animals did not have an increase in final BW, but showed higher weight […]

The effects of feeding a pre-starter diet (PSD) and weight at housing on performance and carcass characteristics broilers were evaluated. A total of 960 day-old male chickens, commercial line Cobb-500, was housed in 32 floor pens as a completely randomized design in a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement [weight at housing (42 and 46 g) and periods of feeding pre- starter diet (0, 1 to 7, 1 to 10 and 1 to 14 days old) for 49 days. The feeding […]

The effects of dietary energy, lysine and methionine + cystine levels on performance, carcass and cuts yields of male and female broiler chickens were evaluated. The experiment was analyzed as a completely randomized experimental design in a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement composed by six diets and eight replications (four males and four females). The diets consisted of energy (low, middle and high) and lysine and methionine + cystine (standard and + 10%) levels and of raising period (1 to […]