The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
01/Jun/2000
José Reinaldo Mendes Ruas, Ciro Alexandre Alves Torres, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, José Carlos Pereira, Lazáro Eustáquio Borges, Alberto Marcatti Neto
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982000000300039
Fifty-one postpartum Nellore cows were used to study the effect of the utilization of protein concentrate, during the summer time, on the forage intake, weight gain and body condition score changes after parturition of Nellore cows. The animals were randomly allotted in the following treatments: T0 – without supplementation; T1 – supplemented with 1 kg and T2 – supplemented with 2 kg of concentrate with 40.8% of crude protein, during 105 days. During this period, body score and body weight […]
Keywords: body weight gain; condition score; pasture intake; protein supplementation