This experiment assessed the effect of feed restriction in rabbits on performance and economic viability of the activity. Sixty New Zealand White rabbits, weaned at 33 days and slaughtered at 81 days of age, were used. The design was of randomized blocks with four treatments and five replications. The treatments were, as follows: 1 – free feeding, 2 – feed restriction from 35 to 40 days of age (50 g/d/rabbit), 3 – feed restriction from 54 to 61 days of […]

The objective of this study was to estimate the optimum digestible lysine levels in diets for broilers on growing (22 to 35 days) and finishing (35 to 42 days) phases, based on economic analysis of food. Two experiments were conducted, each one using 600 Cobb 500 male broilers, distributed in a completely randomized design with five treatments and six replicates of 20 birds. Treatments consisted of increasing digestible lysine levels in the diet. The feed:gain relation data were submitted to […]

For performance evaluation of broiler chickens fed different levels of meal of tilapia industrial filleting waste (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8%), 480 chicks at 1 day of age were used in a completely randomized design with five experimental diets, six replicates and 16 birds per experimental unit. Weight gain, final weight, average feed intake, feed conversion and mortality from 1 to 21 days of age and from 1 to 42 days of age were evaluated and in the end […]

A trial was carried out to determine the viability of pearl millet inclusion (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)R. Brown) on pigs feeding, in the growing and finishing phases, considering their effects on daily feed intake, average daily gain and feed conversion. The effect of increasing dietary pearl millet levels on the carcass characteristics was also observed. Sixty barrows, comercial hybrids, averaging 22.7kg were used. A completely randomized experimental design, with five treatments (0, 15, 30, 45 and 60% pearl millet in the […]