An experiment was carried out to determine TME and TMEn values of integral mesquite pods meal (MPM) in cecectomized cockerels by Sibbald method. A second experiment was conducted to examine the effects of MPM inclusion (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30%) in pelleted and mashed diets on laying hens performance. In the experiment 1, values of TME and TMEn in raw MPM were 2819 and 2806 kcal/kg, respectively, while cellulose and lignin contents were five- and four-fold higher […]

This investigation was carried out to study the feeding period influence on broilers performance, viscera development, and carcass composition. A total of 630 broiler chickens, Cobb-500â strain, were allocated in three feeding programs from 8th day to 50th day of life: ad libitum (AL – food available 24 hours), diurnal feeding (DF – food provided ad libitum from 7 am to 7 pm and fed restricted from 7 pm to 7 am) and nocturnal feeding (NF- food provided ad libitum […]

Three experiments, an essay of digestibility, other of morphometrical intestinal evaluation and of performance were carried out to evaluate the effects of inclusion of Calsporin® (0,03%), fumaric acid (1,5%) and zinc bacitracin with 15% of activity (0,10%) in diets, separated or combined, on utilization of dry matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, gross energy and the morphometrical jejunal analysis and the essay performed of growing rabbits. For the digestibility essay 64 White New Zealand rabbits were used, half of each […]

One experiment was conducted to evaluate different amino acid (AA) and calcium (Ca) levels for broilers from 22 to 42 days of age. Evaluated the performance, carcass yield and calcium excretion. Five forty hundred birds, Male broilers Cobb, were randomly assigned to 6 treatments in a 3×2 factorial arrangement, considering the factors AA (100, 125 and 150% NRC, 1994) and Ca (75 and 100% NRC, 1994), in three replications of 30 birds each. The studied AA were methionine, methionine+cystine, lysine […]

Two studies (Digestibility and Performance) were carried out to evaluate the nutritional value and the feasibility of using defatted corn germ meal (DCGM) fed to growing-finishing pigs. I) Digestibility trial: Twelve pigs with initial body weight of 42.0±5.4 kg were hold in metabolism cage. Six pigs were fed a diet with 70% of basal diet plus 30% of DCGM and six received basal diet. DCGM showed an energy digestibility coefficient of 80.98% and metabolisation coefficient of 78.04%, that means 3,060 […]

Aiming to evaluate the effects of including millet (Pennisetum americanum) in diets for piavuçu, Leporinus macrocephalus, were utilized 240 fingerlings with initial weight of 1.38±0.03g, distributed in randomized blocks with six treatments (0.00; 6.00; 12.00; 18.00; 24.00 and 30.00% of millet in diets) and five replicates, in 30 net ponds (120L) installed in five cement abestos tanks (1,000L), with eight animals in each net ponds. There was no effect of millet inclusion on the final weight, weight gain, apparent alimentary […]

A trial was carried out to determine the viability of pearl millet inclusion (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)R. Brown) on pigs feeding, in the growing and finishing phases, considering their effects on daily feed intake, average daily gain and feed conversion. The effect of increasing dietary pearl millet levels on the carcass characteristics was also observed. Sixty barrows, comercial hybrids, averaging 22.7kg were used. A completely randomized experimental design, with five treatments (0, 15, 30, 45 and 60% pearl millet in the […]

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the inclusion levels of integral mesquite pods meal (MPM) (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25%) in diet on laying quail performance. Two hundred and sixteen layer quails with 160 days of age and live weight of 189 g were allotted to an experimental design completely randomized. The studied variables were obtained in three periods of 21 days. The 25% of MPM level reduced feed intake and egg mass when compared to control. Except […]

The objectives of this work were to evaluate three protein sources – soybean meal, fish meal and feather meal – and two methods of calculation of rations – the calculated in terms of crude protein (CP), according to recommendations of NRC (1988); and the proposed by the AFRC (1993), and calculated in terms of metabolizable protein (MP) – through the performance of calves. The animals were confined and submitted to five diets, that varied only protein sources in its composition, […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of different dietetic physical profile on the performance of lactating dairy cows. Ten Holstein dairy cows (avg. 550 kg) were allotted to a switch back experimental design in three successive periods. The animals were individually housed in a tie stall and fed with total mixed rations constituted by Tifton hay (50,4%) and concentrated (49,6%). The Tifton hay was ground in commercial miller and sieved at 3,2; 4,8; 7,9; 15,9 and […]