The objective of this study was to evaluate body condition, weight, weight gain, food intake and efficiency of feedlot finished steers, purebreds (Charolais – C and Nellore – N), crossbreds from second (G2) (¾C ¼N and ¾N ¼C), third (G3) (5/8C 3/8N and 5/8N 3/8C) and fourth (G4) (11/16C 5/16N and 11/16N 5/16C) generations of rotational crossbreeding. The steers were fed the same diet containing 12.32% crude protein, 2.96 Mcal digestible energy/kg of dry matter and roughage:concentrate ratio of 52: […]

This work was developed to evaluate the effect of different levels of crude protein (CP) and metabolizable energy (ME) on the performance of laying quails. Six hundred and seventy tywo Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) from 42 days to 168 days of age were divided in six periods of 28 days each. The birds were assigned to a completely randomized design, with the treatments in a factorial arrangement of 4 x 4 (protein x energy), with six replication of seven […]

Sixteen Santa Inês sheep were randomly allotted to four treatments (T0 = 81% tifton hay (TH) and 19% concentrate (soybean meal and corn); T27 = 27% egeria hay (EH), 54% TH and 19% concentrate; T81 = 81% EH and 19% concentrate) to evaluate the effect of Egeria hay inclusion in the diet on voluntary intake, weight gain and feed efficiency. Voluntary intake reduced and body weight gain was not affected by EH inclusion. During the experimental period, weight gain was […]

The experiment was carried out to study the influences of the feeding pattern of rabbits during the lactation phase according function of the starch level in the diets and availability of milk modulated by litter size on performance young rabbits before weaning (35 days). One hundred litters were maintained to eight rabbits at birth until the 16 day old. From 16 to 35 days old, 60 litter were reduced for four young rabbits, while the others were maintained with eight […]

The objective of the experiment was to evaluate the feedlot performance of 5/8 Nellore-3/8 Charolais steers slaughtered at 425, 467 and 510 kg. The steers presented at the beginning of the confinement average age of 660 days, live weight of 361 kg and body condition score of 2.9 points. The animals were fed with a 60:40 roughage:concentrate diet, containing 10.25% of crude protein (CP), 72.18% of total digestible nutrient (TDN) and 3.18 Mcal of digestible energy (DE)/ kg of DM. […]

To obtain the adequate slaughter weights and costs of production of young bulls, a feedlot study was conducted at Embrapa Pecuaria Sudeste, with 234 crossbred Blonde d´Aquitaine x Nellore (BN); Canchim x Nellore (CN); Limousin x Nellore (LN); Piedmontese x Nellore (PN); and straightbred Canchim (CA) and Nellore (NE) in 1994, 1995 and 1997. At the beggining of the experiment, the animals had 12 months of age and the BN, CA, CN, LN weighed 265 kg, the NE 214 kg […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of different dietetic physical profile on the performance of lactating dairy cows. Ten Holstein dairy cows (avg. 550 kg) were allotted to a switch back experimental design in three successive periods. The animals were individually housed in a tie stall and fed with total mixed rations constituted by Tifton hay (50,4%) and concentrated (49,6%). The Tifton hay was ground in commercial miller and sieved at 3,2; 4,8; 7,9; 15,9 and […]

The effects of different levels of roughage on intake and apparent absorption of calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), sodium (Na), potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) were studied. Forty Holstein x Zebu calves, with initial average live weight of 60 kg, allotted to a completely randomized design, were fed concentrate and chopped coastcross (Cynodon dactylon) grass hay ad libitum in the following levels: 10; 25; 40; 55 e 90%, on a DM basis. The coefficients of apparent absorption were obtained by one […]

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of the inclusion of sugar cane yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), produced in the sugar cane distillery, in broiler chickens diets. Six hundred and seventy two one day old male broiler chicks, AGROSS line, were alloted to a completely randomized design with six treatments and one hundred and twelve birds per treatment, being eight replicates of fourteen birds per treatment. Treatments consisted of six isoproteic (22 and 20% of crude protein for initial […]

The objective of the experiment was to evaluate the weight, the feed intake, the average weight gain and feed: gain ratio of culled cows, straightbreds (Charolais-C and Nellore-N) and crossbreds (½ CN and ½ NC) during the finishing phase as well as measuring the resulting heterosis. The cows were confined during 80 days, all of them fed with a 10% crude protein diet and forage: concentrate ratio of 65:35. The F1 cows were heavier at the beginning (402 vs. 362 […]