With the objective to evaluate the effect of dietary starch on the productive yield and cecal microbial activity for rabbits in the growing, four experimental diets were formulated to contain increasing corn starch levels (23, 28, 33 and 38 % total starch levels in dry matter basis). A total of 32 White New Zealand rabbits were allotted to finishing cages in a completely randomized block design. The results showed a decreasing linear effect for the feed intake and feed:gain ratio, […]

ABSTRACT – An experiment was carried out to verify the influence of different levels of energy, vitamin D3 and sodium: chloride ratio on the performance, eggshell quality and on determined blood constituents of 192 laying hens Hy-Line W36, aged 72 weeks, allotted to a 48 experimental units with four hens each. A completely randomized experimental design was used in a factorial arrangement (3 x 2 x 2), metabolizable energy levels (2900, 3000 and 3100 kcal/kg), vitamin D3 levels (500 and […]

The objective of the present work was to study the functional anatomy and the comparative morphometry in the medium and posterior intestines and in the piracanjuba (Brycon orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1849) (Characiformes, Characidae, Bryconinae) piloric cecum. Anatomofunctional and morphometric studies were carried out in the medium and posterior intestines and in the piloric cecum of this specie with omnivore feeding behavior. By means of these studies, it could be concluded that the widding pattern of the intestinal rings, in N derived, […]

An experiment was carried out to verify the effect of different levels of sodium and phosphorus (P) on the performance, eggshell quality and on some blood constituents of 144 laying hens Hy-Line W36, aged 60 weeks, allotted to 36 experimental units with four hens each. A randomized experimental block design was used in a factorial arrangement (3 x 3), sodium levels (.16, .20 and .24%) and phosphorus levels (.35, .45 and .55%), totalizing nine treatments, two blocks with two replicates […]

ABSTRACT – Two nutrition programs were tested on Mangalarga Marchador foals: TA: supplementation with concentrate from 2 to 12 months of age and TB: supplementation from weaning to 12 months of age. Animals from TA and TB were kept in either one of the available feedlots: one of coast cross (Cynodon dactylon x Cynodon nenfluensis) + Cynodon nenfluensis grasses and the other of coast cross (C. dactylon x C. nenfluensis) only. Monthly the animals were weighed (W) and measured: height […]

This research was conducted to determine the minimum endogenous losses, the nutritional requirement of phosphorus (P) for maintenance, the biological availability of P from dicalcium phosphate and the variation of plasma P concentration in swine of 20 kg LW. The pigs were fed diets containing different levels of total phosphorus (.30, .40, .51, .65 and .73%). Twenty commercial crossbred barrows were maintained in metabolic cages for a seven-day period of adaptation and seven days of total collection of feces, urine […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the different levels of manganese and phosphorus (P) on the performance and eggshell quality and on determined blood constituents of 96 laying hens Hy-Line W36, with 60 weeks of age, distributed in 24 lots with four hens each. A completely randomized experimental design was used in a factorial arrangement (3 x 2), manganese levels (70, 140 and 210 ppm) and total phosphorus levels (.35 and .55%), totalizing six treatments with four replicates […]