With the purpose of re-evaluating seventeen pigeon-pea lines originated from accessions previously selected for favorable agronomic characteristics, experiments were installed in five locations of the State of São Paulo. The confirmation of those characteristics was necessary because the original accessions presented various degrees of mechanical mixtures and segregation and were submitted to purification process in pollination controlled conditions. In those trials, the lines were cut in several occasions to evaluate forage yield. Each time, it was determined the number of […]

The experiment was performed to evaluate plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) level of crossbred cows under two rotational grazing areas, one of elephantgrass cv. Guaçu (Pennisetum purpureum Schum. cv. Guaçu) and other one of Tanzaniagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Tanzania). Forage production, stem, leaf and dead material were also evaluated, on dry matter basis (DM), as well as the crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) in the forage samples. Blood was collected four times, using 16 cows for grass […]

Two levels of protein and mineral supplements (290 and 400 g.an.-1.day-1) were evaluated and compared with the mineral supplement in 90 Nelore steers on star grass pasture (Cynodon plectostachyus Pilger) during the winter. The supplement intake was ajusted by the concentration of sodium clore into the mixture. Considering the first 28 days (adaptation period) in the statistical analysis, there was no difference in average daily gain (ADG). Taking out this period of adaptation, the ADG was better for the protein […]

Crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) contents were assessed in the leaf blade and stem + leaf sheath fractions of Tanzaniagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Tanzania-1) managed at four sward heights (20, 40, 50 and 65 cm). The grazing method was the continuous stocking and variable stocking rate, and used Nelore steers with an average weight of 340 kg. The […]

The objective of this work was to estimate milk production through hand milking, using different doses (1; 2; 3; 4; and 5 IU) of oxytocin intramuscularly. Ten adult Hampshire Down ewes were assigned to a 5 x 5 repeated Latin square design, with five ewes and five days. Milking was performed after a 4-hour lamb separation period, and then corrected to 24 hours. On the last day of estimation, the ewes were milked at four different times, 12:30 p.m.; 06:30 […]

An experiment was carried out to estimate dietary crude protein and energy requirements of 128 females of Japanese quails from 15 to 32 days of age, by the factorial method. A completely randomized design with four treatments with four replicates of eight birds was used. The treatments were: T1 = basal diet (BD) with 24.1% CP and 2,900 kcal AMEn ad libitum, T2 = 80%, T3 = 60% and T4 = 40% of T1 (close to maintenance). In the beginning […]

This experiment was carried out to estimate the crude protein and metabolizable energy requirements for maintenance and gain of 384 females of Japanese quails from 1 to 12 days of age. A completely randomized design with four treatments, with six replicates of ten birds each, was used. The treatments were: T1 = basal diet (BD) with 28% CP and 2,900 kcal AMEn ad libitum; T2 = 80%; T3 = 60% and T4 = 40% of ad libitum (close to maintenance). […]

The study was undertaken in Coronel Pacheco – MG (National Dairy Cattle Reserch Center of the Brazilian Agricultural Corporation – EMBRAPA), to evaluate, under grazing conditions, the Cynodon nlenfuensis, Vanderyst and three cultivars of Cynodon dactylon, L. Pers. (Florona, Florakirk, Florico), fertilized with either 250:200 or 500:400 kg/ha/year of N:K2O. The experimental design was a randomized blocks, in split-plot, and three replications. No significant difference on dry matter yield between the two rates of N/K2O were found. In both N:K2O […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of two levels of soybean hulls and three sources of protein on the total and partial rumen and intestinal digestion. Six Holstein-Zebu steers averaging twelve months of age and 229 kg BW were fistulated in the rumen and in the abomasum and distributed in a 6×6 Latin square and fed ad libitum individually. The consumption and the total and partial digestibility of the nutrients were evaluated. There was no effect of the […]

Aiming to determinate the dietary crude protein (CP) requirements for Helix aspersa maxima snail, 200 animals, with average initial weight of 2.00 g were used, and assigned to a completely randomized design with four treatments [12.00, 15.00, 18.00, and 21.00% CP] and five replicates of 10 animals per experimental unit, during a period of 90 days. It was observed a quadratic effect of CP levels on final mean weight, feed conversion, protein efficiency rate, shell percentage and carcass yield with […]