The objective of this study was to evaluate nutrients and dry matter intake, average daily gain, feed efficiency and digestibility of diets, microbial efficiency, cold carcass yield and basic cuts yields of young Nellore heifers receiving two concentrate levels. Nineteen heifers with initial average weight of 165.6±29.8 kg were used. Three animals were used in a trial to determine the digestibility and microbial efficiency of the two levels of concentrate (225 and 450 g/kgDM) and a treatment with a restricted […]

It was aimed to study the intake and total and partial nutrients digestibilities in bovine. It were used five 165 kg growing Nelore bulls, rumen, abomasum and ileum fistulated. A randomized blocks design with four treatments and five collection periods was used. The treatments consisted of four concentrate levels (20, 40, 60 and 80%). The roughage used was Tifton 85′ Bermuda grass hay (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.). The NDF and ADF intakes only presented linear reduction with the increase of […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the forage to concentrate ratio on the weight gain and feed: gain, and to determine the apparent digestibility of the nutrients of 25 and 20 crossbred steers averaging 310 kg LW, respectively. Five full fed diets based on tanzaniagrass hay and concentrate, with different forage to concentrate ratio (85:15, 70:30, 55:45; 40:60; and 25:75) were used. The regression analysis of the coefficienties of apparent digestible dry matter, digestible organic […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the forage to concentrate ratio in the nutrient intake by 25 crossbred steers with initial 310 kg LW. Five full fed diets based on tanzaniagrass hay and concentrate, with different forage to concentrate ratio (85:15, 70:30, 55:45; 40:60; and 25:75) were used. A quadratic effect was observed for the concentrate level in the diet on the intake of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP) and, gross […]

The objectives of this work were to evaluate the effects of five dietary concentrate levels (25,0; 37,5; 50,0; 62,5 and 75,0%) on the efficiency of microbial synthesis, the ruminal ammonia concentrations and pH, nitrogenous compounds balance, and the digest passage rate. Five rumen, abomasum and ileum fistulated F1 Limousin x Nellore bulls, with an average initial body weight of 279 kg, were used in a 5 x 5 Latin square design. Ruminal liquid samples were obtained before and 2; 4; […]

Forty five crossbreed F1 Limousin x Nellore bulls, averaging 14 months of age and initial body weight of 330 kg, were used to evaluate the effects of different levels of concentrate (25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0%) and two diet balance methods (one, almost isoprotein and the second, changing protein as energy of the diet change) on carcass yield in relation to live weight (CYLW) and empty body weight (CYEBW), and basic cut yields: spare ribs, whole acem, whole shoulder, […]

Forty five crossbreed F1 Limousin x Nellore young bulls, averaging 14 months of age and initial 330 kg LW, were used to evaluate the effects of different concentrate levels (25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5 and 75.0% as DM basis) and two diet balance methods (one, almost isoprotein and the second, changing protein as energy of the diet change) on the intakes of dry matter (DMI) and neutral detergent fiber (NDFI), feed: gain ratio (FG), daily gains of live weight (ALWDG) empty […]

This work was carried out to evaluate the physical characteristics of the digesta throughout the gastrointestinal tract and to exam the conception of critical particle size that escape from the reticulum-rumen (RR), in the dairy bull calves fed diets with different concentrate levels. Thirty two dairy bull calves, one half straightbred Holstein and half crossbreed Holstein-Zebu, slaughtered with average six months of age and 190 kg LW, after fasting for 16 hours. The diets fed libitum were constituted of coast-cross […]

This research was carried out to evaluate the effect of different levels of concentrate in the diet on the contents of dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and crude protein (CP) of the digesta, in the distinct sections of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of the dairy calves. Thirty-two young bulls were used, half Holstein and the other half crossbred Holstein-Zebu, were slaughtered with an average age of six months and 190 kg LW final after […]

The effects of different dietary concentrate levels on the net requirements of Ca, P, Mg, Na and potassium (K) were studied. Twenty-nine F1 Simental x Nellore bulls, averaging 17 months of age and initial LW of 354 kg, were used. Five animals were slaughtered at the beginning of the experiment as a reference and the remainders were allotted to a completely randomized design, according to the different dietary concentrate levels: 25.0, 37.50, 50,0, 62.5, and 75.0%. The animals were were […]