An experiment was conducted to compare different levels and sources of protein on performance, intestinal morphology and pancreas weight/carcass weight ratio in the diets of piglets from 36 to 70 days old. A total of 96 piglets was allotted to a randomized experimental block design in six diets, with different levels and protein sources, four replicates of four animals per experimental unit. The levels and the protein sources evaluated were: dry skim milk (8.80 and 12.00%), isolated soybean protein (3.20 […]

ABSTRACT – Ten bovines with abomasal cannulas were used to evaluate the coefficients of digestibility of diets prepared with different protein sources (dry yeast, urea and cottonseed meal). The coefficients of digestibility were obtained by the total feces collection technique and using the chromic oxide as an internal marker. In the diet with urea, an increase of digestibility coefficients for the most nutrients, when the chromic oxide technique was used, was obtaneid. The ethereal extract fraction did not show differences […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the in vitro ammonia (N-NH3) production in fermentation of diets with different protein sources (dry yeast, urea and cottonseed meal) used for ruminants diets. The data relative to the N-NH3 production measured in the first hour of incubation, showed differences between diets with cottonseed meal and dry yeast, compared with diets with urea, with values of 7.52; 8.66; and 29.84 mg N-NH3/100 mL of ruminal fluid, respectively. The same pattern was observed […]