Effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) on the performance of steers fed diets with different forages was evaluated. Forty crossbred steers, with average 360.2 kg LW and 30 months of age, were used. The animals were fed diets containing different forages (corn silage, sugarcane, corn silage + sugarcane and hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse), and received an application of 320 mg rBST at every 28 days and were weighed at every 14 days during an experimental period of 84 days. The weight […]

This study was conducted to evaluate the corn (Zea mays L.) AG 1051 and the sorghums (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) AG 2006 and BR 303, for silage production, and the effect of substitution of soybean meal by urea (0,50 and 100%) in the concentrated diets for feedlot cattle. The silages were used in two experiments and the animals were alloted to a completely experimental design. In the first, 72 F1 crossbred Brown Swiss x Nellore bulls, with 20 months of […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the performance of feedlot beef cattle fed diets supplemented with protein concentrate based on cottonseed meal (CSM) urea (UR) or starea (ST), using corn silage as forage. The feedlot period was 80 days. The diets were constituted maintaining the forage:concentrate proportion in the 63:37 level, with nearly 13% CP. No difference was observed in daily weight gain during the experimental period among the CSM, UR or ST treatments (1.14, 1.17, and 1.23 […]

The objective of this work was to test two forms of hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse (with [17 kgf/cm2] or without [4 kgf/cm2] fast decompression post-hydrolysis) and two levels of concentrate (25 and 45%. DM) on the performance and final body composition of growing heifers in a 112 day feedlot period. Twenty-four Nellore and 12 Canchim heifers were allotted to a randomized block design in a 2×2 factorial arrangement. The results demonstrated that the omission of decompression post hydrolysis and the […]