This research aimed to evaluate the monensin effect on protein degradation of soybean meal, wheat middlings and corn meal. The rumen fluid was taken from a fistulated steer fed a 40% concentrate diet. The incubations were done in an anaerobic environment at 39ºC. It was used 100 mg of each feedstuff, 14.7 mL of ruminal fluid and 0.3 mL of ethanol with or without dissolved monensin (5 µM was the final concentration). The soybean meal, compared with wheat middlings and […]

This research had as objective the evaluation of the acidity effect (pH) by adding increasing levels of corn starch on the degradation of hydrolyzed casein (Tripticase). The rumen fluid was taken from a fistulated steer in a 40% concentrate diet, and centrifuged at 500xg in 15 minutes to remove feed particles and protozoa. The incubations were done in an anaerobic environment at 39ºC in Vacuntainer® tubes. It was used 150 mg of tripticase and 0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200 […]

The objectives of this work were to evaluate the effects of five dietary concentrate levels (25,0; 37,5; 50,0; 62,5 and 75,0%) on the efficiency of microbial synthesis, the ruminal ammonia concentrations and pH, nitrogenous compounds balance, and the digest passage rate. Five rumen, abomasum and ileum fistulated F1 Limousin x Nellore bulls, with an average initial body weight of 279 kg, were used in a 5 x 5 Latin square design. Ruminal liquid samples were obtained before and 2; 4; […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the characteristics of the silage of the star grass (Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst) with or without addition of citric pulp and submitted to different wilting time. The grass was harvested after 45 days of sprouting and stored for 35 days. The treatments were: 1 – ensilage immediately after the cut, 2 – ensilage immediately after the cut with the addition of 4% citric pulp, 3 – ensilage after wilting for one hour, 4 – ensilage […]

The levels of organic matter and aluminum and the pH of the predominant soils in the North and Northwest regions of Rio de Janeiro State were studied during the dry (June-July) and rainy (December-January) seasons of the year. Samples of soil were collected from 12 different places of the regions, in predominant grazing areas, as determined by satellite photography and according to different soil characteristics. The aluminum contents of the sample extracts were determined by spectrometry, on an inductive plasma […]

The effects of the monensin supplementation on the ruminal parameters and digestibility were evaluated after 120 days of trial, using 20 Holstein bull calves with average weight and age of 90.8 kg and 80 days, respectively. The treatments were 0, .4, .8 and 1.2 mg of monensin/kg LW. As the monensin levels increased the pH values increased (5.97, 6.14, 6.36, and 6.48), but N-NH3 (45.54, 38.08, 28.39, and 24.17 mg%), acetate (36.55, 33.72, 35.62, and 26.35 mM), butyrate (1.22, 7.27, […]

ABSTRACT – This work was conducted to evaluate the effects of different concentrate levels on the parameters of at ruminal fermentation, the apparent, total, ruminal and intestinal N digestibilities, the microbial efficiency and the N balance. Five rumen and abomasum fistulated bull Holstein calves, with an initial average age of 5.8±0.7 months and initial average of 107.4±11.0 kg LW were allotted to a 5×5 Latin square design (treatment x period). The animals were housed in individual stalls and full fed […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the intake, apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC), nitrogen balance, pH and nitrogen ammonia concentration (N-NH3) in the ruminal fluid of sheep. The animals were fed diets composed by concentrates with different ruminal degradability of the fractions starch and protein from the used sources: starch with high (triticale) and low (corn) ruminal degradability combined with nitrogen (N) sources of high (canola meal plus urea) and low (cottonseed meal plus meat and bone meal) ruminal […]

This work was conducted to compare the effects of whole soybean and cotton seeds and soybean oil on the ruminal pattern and in vitro disappearance, in fistulated Holstein calves. Two calves fitted with rumen cannula were fed a basal diet with 2.5% of ether extract (EE), which was compared with 5.0% EE, where whole soybean, whole cotton seeds or soybean oil were the source of additional EE. The addition of whole soybean and cottonseed resulted in decrease on in vitro […]

The objective of this work was to study the effects of the concentrate levels of the diet on the microbial efficiency, ruminal ammonia and pH, and endogenous nitrogen (N) losses. Four Nellore bulls, fistulated in the rumen, abomasum and ileum, were full fed diets with 25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0% of concentrate and allotted to a randomized block design. The ruminal ammonia concentrations and pH were measured in the ruminal fluid samples in collections made before and 2, 4, […]