The objective of the present experiment was to evaluate the effect of forage allowance (3, 6 or 9 kg of green leaves dry matter (DM)/100 kg of body weight (BW)) on both animal performance and attributes of Cynodon dactylon var.dactylon canopy managed under continuous stocking by wethers. The study was carried out with 27 Polwarth wethers throughout five 28-day periods, in a completely randomized experiment, which included three paddocks per treatment and three tester animals per paddock. Forage mass varied […]

The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate the performance of young bulls fed total rations prepared with additive treated or untreated sugarcane silages and evaluate the additive effects on silages fermentation. Thirty young Canchim bulls averaging 312 kg were allotted to a completely randomized experimental design to evaluate three types of isoproteic and isoenergetic rations (roughage:concentrate ratio of 35:65): ration with silage without additive (control), ration with silage treated with urea (5 g/kg of fresh forage – FF) + […]

It was assessed the nutritive value of hand plucked forage samples collected along the grazing period and the animal performance on Mombaçagrass pasture under intermittent stocking with three rest periods (RP). The RPs were defined by the time required for the expansion of 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 new leaves per tiller, after six days grazing period. The experimental area was divided into five paddocks for the 2.5 new leaves RP and six paddocks for the 3.5 and 4.5 new leaves […]

Twenty-four Holstein crossbred young bulls, with initial average weight of 75 kg and final average weight of 215 kg, under feedlot, were used to to evaluate the intake, average weight gain, feed:gain ratio, carcass and basic cuts yield and physical carcass composition. The animals were fed elephant grass with 30 to 45 days of age, soybean meal, corn meal, meat meal and mineral mix basal concentrate, and broiler litter, that constituted the treatments: 1 = 50% forage and 50% concentrate, […]

The objective of the work was evaluate the effect of different sward heights (8.9, 10.0, 11.3, 11.9, 13.4, 13.6, 14.7, and 18.3 cm) of a mixture of black oat cv IAPAR 61 (Avena strigosa Schreb) + field pea (Pisum arvense L.) on the average daily liveweight gain (DLG), weight gain/ha (WGP/ha), stocking rate (animals.day/ha), botanical composition, residue of dry matter and percentage of uncovered soil of the pasture. Steer nelore was used in grazing with variable stocking rate. Maintenance of […]

Mixed pastures of Brachiaria decumbens with Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Mineirão and B. brizantha cv. Marandu with S. guianensis cv. Mineirão, under three stocking rates (0.8, 1.2 and 1.6 AU/ha) were evaluated in regard to the animal daily gain and liveweight gain per ha, in the Brazilian Savanna, in order to suggest the most adequate management. A randomized block in a split-plot design with two replicates was used. The plots treatments were constituted of a 2×3 factorial, two grasses (Brachiaria decumbens […]

Thirty six Nellore bulls, with 240 kg initial live weight (LW), were used. Four were reference bulls and the remaining were distributed in eight treatments, with four different concentrate levels in the diets (20; 40; 60 and 80%) and two crude protein (CP) levels (15 and 18%), in dry matter basis. The dry matter (DMI), organic matter (OM), CP, neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) intakes were determined, as well as the average LW gain (LWG), empty […]