With the objective of assessing the development of organs of the digestive tract and the enzymatic profile α-amylase, lipase and trypsin, an experiment lasting 21 days was carried out using one-day-old male Avian Farm broiler chicks, reared in heated batteries and fed ad libitum with water and purified diets containing all L-essential amino acids, glutamic acid (nonspecific nitrogen source), minerals and vitamins. A randomized complete design was used with four replications of ten birds. At one, seven, 14 e 21 […]

With the objective of evaluating the enzymatic activity of the trypsin in the intestinal content of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802), 320 animals with average weight of 3.6 grams were distributed in stall-test with temperature and photoperiod controlled. The frogs selected in the post-metamorphic phase were fed commercial extruded diet ad libitum. For 87 days of experiment, 29 collections were performed at intervals varying from one to eight days. The collections of the intestinal content were performed by the […]

The present study was carried out aiming to investigate the performance, as well to quantify the digestive enzymes activities for the following enzymes: amylase, lipase and trypsin from broiler chickens fed with diets containing different in energy levels and mixed with different probiotic doses. Three hundred and sixty one-day old broilers from the Hubbard-Peterson chick strain were used in this experiment. The birds were fed diets containing 2,900 and 3,200 kcal ME/kg to which were added 0, 200 and 400 […]