The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of the carcass, tissue composition in the section between 9th and 11th ribs, centesimal composition of Longissimus dorsi muscle and the proportion of the non-carcass components of non-castrated male lambs, fed in feedlot with diets containing 1.49, 1.55, 1.62 and 1.68 Mcal of net energy/kg of dry matter. Diets were composed by corn silage as the roughage and the concentrate was composed by a commercial ration and the energetic supplement […]

The non-carcass components of castrated and non-castrated cattle (sex condition) finished in feedlot and slaughtered at 16 (super young) or 26 (young) months of age (animal category) were evaluated. The diet was formulated to contain 11.8% of CP and 2.83 Mcal/kg DM of DE with 50:50 forage to concentrate ratio (%MS). Super young animals showed higher of empty body dressing percentage (92.39 versus 89.76%), as a result of their lower gastrointestinal content (35.23 versus 53.46 kg) as compared to the […]

The work was carried out to evaluate the to growth in kg and in relation to live weight (% LW) and to empty body weight (% EBW) of the viscera and other corporal components with increase of the age of Holstein male calves. Eighteen animals distributed in three slaughter age (six at birth, six at 50 days and six at 110 days of age), weighing between 30 and 100 kg LW or 27.57 and 74.27 kg EBW were slaughtered. After […]

Twelve crossbred Texel x Bergamácia (TB), 12 crossbred Texel x Santa Inês (TS) and 12 purebred Santa Inês (SI) lambs were individually finished in fedlot for 50 days (from 130 to 180 days of age). Each genetic group consisted of six males and six females, fed three different diets: 1 = without coffee hulls (control); 2 = with coffee hulls in nature; 3 = with coffee hulls treated of with urea. The rumen/reticulum (RR) of the animals fed diets 1 […]

The experiment was carried out with 20 intact Holstein male calves, 75 days old, with mean live weight of 76 kg, submitted to the same nursing system before starting the experiment. The objective was to evaluate the relative size of internal organs and viscera of these animals fed diets containing 45, 60, 75 and 90% of concentrate. Diets were composed of coastcross hay, ground corn grain, soybean meal and mineral mixture. The experimental design was a randomized blocks, with four […]

The effect of five dietary concentrate levels on the gastrintestinal contents and internal organs weight of Nellore bulls was evaluated. Twenty-five animals averaging 330 kg and 20 months of age were allotted to a completely randomized design, with five treatments constituted by different dietary concentrate levels in dry matter (25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0%). The animals, when reached the pre-established slaughter weight of 450 kg, were slaughtered and the organs and viscera weights were recorded. Regression equations were fitted […]

The effect of different dietary concentrate levels (25, 37.5, 50, 62.5, and 75%) on the carcass characteristics, gastrointestinal tract weight, internal organ weight and gastrointestinal tract fill was evaluated. Twenty-four F1 Simental x Nellore bulls, with 17 months of age and average live weight of 354 kg, were used. The animals were slaughtered when reached 500 kg of live weight. After cooling, carcasses were qualitative (loin eye area) and quantitatively (measures, yields and prime cuts) evaluated. The carcass and prime […]

ABSTRACT – The present work was conducted to evaluate the effect of constant thermal environment on the performance and physiological traits of barrows from 30 to 60 kg LW. A total of 100 animals were allotted to a randomized block design, with five treatments (3100, 3250, 3400, 3550 and 3700 kcal of DE/kg of diet), five replicates and two animals per experimental unit. Weight gain, intakes of diet, protein and energy and feed:gain ratio and the efficiencies of protein and […]

Thirty two Holstein black and white type bull calves averaging 75 days of age and initial 78 kg LW, divided into two slaughter groups (group 1: 16 animals slaughtered with 190 ± 10 kg LW and group 2: 16 animals slaughtered with 300 ± 10 kg LW) were allotted to a completely randomized design to evaluate the effects of crescent dietary levels of concentrate on the quantitative traits of the non integrate body parts of the animal carcass and the […]

The effects of genetic group and nutritional level on relative size of internal organs were studied. Sixty-three bulls, 16 Gyr, 16 Guzera, 15 Nellore and 16 Mocho de Tabapuã, averaging twenty four months of age, and initial live weight of 376.4, 357.6, 362.0, and 368.6 kg, respectively were used. The animals from each breed were randomly assigned to five groups. One group was immediately slaughtered (AB), three groups were full fed, in individual free stall, a diet containing 50% of […]