The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of three Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus strains cultivated in cages and subjected to different feeding programmes. Initially, 31,200 Nile tilapia juveniles with an average weight of 61.15 g were distributed in 48 cages. Two genetically improved strains were used together with one from the Fish Culture Section of Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA). The fish were subjected to four feeding programmes, consisting of different levels of crude protein (CP) in […]

This study was conducted to evaluate nutritional plans of digestible lysine for boars 67 to 165 days of age, immunocastrated at their 107 and 135 days. Two hundred and forty animals, with initial body weight of 27.73 ± 1.57 kg, were sorted in a randomized block design with four nutritional plans of digestible lysine for immunocastrated pigs (0.9-0.8-0.7; 1.0-0.9-0.8; 1.1-1.0-0.9 and 1.2-1.1-1.0%, respectively from 67 to 107 days, from 108 to 135 days and 136 to 165 days) with four […]

The purpose of this study was to evaluate herbal extracts as alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters for weanling pigs based on growth performance and organ weights. A 35-d randomized complete block design experiment was carried out to compare five treatments: control (C) – basal diet; antimicrobial (A) – basal diet supplemented with colistin + tiamulin (75 ppm of each); herbal extract – basal diet supplemented with 420 ppm of extracts of clove (Ec); oregano (Eo) and clove + oregano (Ec […]

The effects of different levels of vitamin C and iron on growth performance and physiological parameters on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were evaluated for 73 days. A factorial experiment with three levels of vitamin C (125; 375 e 1115 mg/kg) and three levels of iron (30, 90 e 270 mg/kg), plus an additional treatment (with 0 mg/kg of vitamin C and iron), was considered on a completely randomized design, with four replicates for each experimental group. It was randomly stocked […]

This experiment was undertaken to evaluate the effect of dietary tannin on growth performance and carcass composition of piauçu, for sixty days. Twenty one aquaria (80 L) were supplied with dechlorinated tap-water (1 L/min) in a closed system. Water quality was controled by biologic filter and heater. Fish, with inicial average weight 5.06 g, in a triplicate aquaria, were randomly assigned to each of 7 treatments. Experimental diets were formulated to contain approximately 3,200 kcal of digestible energy, 30% crude […]