ABSTRACT – This experiment was carried out in two phases to study the effect of different heating systems on the productive and bioeconomical performances in broilers. Five hundred one-day broiler chicks, 50% male and 50% female, in each protected circle, were allotted to a randomized block design with seven treatments and four blocks. The heating systems were: fiber glass plate without plastic sheet cover, fiber glass plate with plastic sheet cover; built-in floor resistance without plastic sheet cover, built-in floor […]

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 […]

The objective of this work was to study the efficiency of nutrient utilization by Canchim (CA), Nellore (NE) and crossbreed 1/2 Canchim + 1/2 Nelore (CANE) growing heifers, in three diets: maintenance, forage:concentrate ratio (RFC) of 75:25 (test 1), diet for weight gains up to 700 g/animal/day, RFC of 60:40 (test 2) and diet for weight gains up to 1200 g/animal/day, RFC of 40:60 (test 3). Twenty-four heifers were used in each test, eight of each genetic group. Each test […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance, control of the of metabolic diseases incidence, and carcass yield of male broiler chickens allotted to a feed restriction from 8-14 days of age. The nutrient restriction was achieved by feeding a starter diet (21,5% CP and 3050 ME, kcal/kg) with 25 or 50% soybean hulls. The treatment of restriction involved the feeding of these diets either on continuously or intercalated form (with the non-diluted starter diet). After the restriction period, the […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the early-life qualitative feed restriction on the performance, gastrintestinal tract characteristics and carcass of broilers. A total of 975 one-d-old “Ross” broiler chicks, 15 plots with 30 males each and 15 plots with 35 females each, was allotted to a completely randomized design in a 5 x 2 (restriction forms x sex) factorial arrangement, with three replicates per treatment. The treatments were: 1- no dilution (control); 2 – dilution […]

A performance trial was conducted to determinate the nutritional requirement of lysine for laying Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Two hundred and eighty eight Japanese quails with 51 old days, during four cycles of 21 days, were allotted to a completely randomized design, with six treatments and six replicates, and the experimental unit constituted by eight quails. One control diet, with appropriated levels of the crude protein and amino acids and others five diets, with increasing levels of lysine (.65, […]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance and nutrient digestibility (dry matter, organic matter and gross energy, and the metabolization coefficient of the gross energy) of triticale based diets. The treatments consisted in a corn and soybean meal based diet and three other ones with corn 33, 66 and 100% of substitution of corn by triticale. In the first experiment, 144 pigs in the growing phase (25.27-59.60 kg LW) were allotted to a randomized block design, with four treatments, […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of the addition of different levels of fumaric acid to diet (.0, .5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2,0%) on the performance of growing rabbits. Fifty rabbits of White New Zealand breed, 25 males and 25 females, from 40 to 80 days of age were alloted to a randomized blocks experimental design with five treatments and ten replicates with one animal per experimental unit. The addition of fumaric acid to the diets did not […]

This study was carried out to evaluate the environmental effects on bull-frog (Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802) performance, raised in fiber glass cages installed inside acclimatized incubators. After an initial period of 15 days of adaptation, at constant temperature of 25.0ºC, the following experimental treatments were applied: temperatures of 23.0, 26.0, 29.0, 32.0 and 35.0ºC per 30 days for frogs with 100 g initial LW; 24.5, 26.0, 27.5, 29.0, 30.5, and 32.0ºC, also on 30 days, for frogs with 20 g […]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of digestible energy (DE) levels on performance and carcass gain composition. Fifty crossbred gilts and 50 crossbred barrows, from 30 to 60 kg, maintained in a thermoneutral environment, were used. The experimental design was a randomized blocks with five treatments (3100, 3250, 3400, 3550, and 3700 kcal de DE/kg of diet), five replicates and two animals per experimental unit. In the experiment with gilts the DE level did not influence daily weight […]