An experiment was conducted with 1120 Hubbard broiler to study the use of feed restriction on the performance and the carcass characteristics of the broiler chickens. Four levels of feed restriction (0.0, 15.0, 30.0 and 45%), two sex, and two periods (from 8 to 14 and from 8 to 17 days of age) were tested. A completely randomized design with four replicates and 20 birds per experimental unit was used. Body weight, weight gain, diet intake, non-edible viscera, abdominal fat, […]

With the objective to evaluate the effects of digestible energy (DE) on the performance and carcass composition rate, 50 barrows, from 30 to 60 kg PV, maintained in a high temperature environment (32.00 ± .88°C) were used. A completely 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 was used. The dietary DE level influenced, in a quadratic way, the daily weight gain and […]

Effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) on the performance of steers fed diets with different forages was evaluated. Forty crossbred steers, with average 360.2 kg LW and 30 months of age, were used. The animals were fed diets containing different forages (corn silage, sugarcane, corn silage + sugarcane and hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse), and received an application of 320 mg rBST at every 28 days and were weighed at every 14 days during an experimental period of 84 days. The weight […]

The effects of different dietary concentrate levels on the intakes of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), ether extract (EE), total carbohydrates (TC), total digestible nutrients (TDN), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na) and potassium (K) were evaluated. The live weight (LWG) and the empty body gains (EBG), feed:gain ratio (F:G), carcass gain (CG) and the carcass productivity in relation to live weight (LWCP) and to empty body weight (EBW) were also evaluated. Twenty […]

The objective of this work was to study the restorative yeast (Saccharomyces sp) dried by rotative roller (RYRR) or by spray-dry (RYSD), on the performance of 176 growing rabbits, 88 males and 88 females, white New Zealand breed, from 40 to 90 days of age.The animals were distributed in a randomized complete block design, with 11 treatments (five levels of each one yeast: 4.0, 8.0 12.0 16.0, and 20,0%) in gradually replacement of soybean meal (SM) crude protein (CP) of […]

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of agricultural gypsum addition to broiler litter on broiler performance. Four levels of gypsum: G1, G2, G3 and G4 (respectively, 10, 20, 30 and 40% in relation to a control group that used 50 kg of wood scraps) were tested. The gypsum was added at different periods: T1 (when the broiler presented nine days of age) and T2 (the total amount of gypsum was divided in half and applied, respectively, at the […]

This work was conducted aiming to evaluate the effect of different forage levels in the diet on the average daily dry matter intake (DMI), average weight gain (AWG), feed:gain ratio and carcass yield. Thirty-six pure Holstein bull calves, 60 days old with initial average live weight (LW) of 78 kg, were allotted in a completely randomized experimental design. The animals were ad libitum fed with diets contained 10, 25, 40, and 55% of forage, on the DM basis, using chopped […]