The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of different dietetic fiber physical effectiveness on the retention time and apparent digestibility of lactating dairy cows. Ten Holstein cows (average 550 kg of live weight) 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 with […]

The objectives of this work were to validate the predictions based on the estimates of the ruminal nutrient dynamics and on the microbial growth in the rumen, using equations of the Cornell Submodel system relative to the gastrintestinal tract. Four Holstein – Zebu steers, with 300 kg live weight, rumen and abomasal cannulated were allotted to 4×4 latin square design. The experimental animals received sugar cane based diets, supplemented with two nitrogen sources (urea or poultry litter) and two yeast […]

This work aims to evaluate the passage of digesta kinetics through the digestive tract and estimate the water and nitrogen balance in horses fed different levels of roughage in diets. Four crossbred yearling were used with age of 18 months, housed in individual stalls and exercised once a day. The present experiment was performed according to a 4 X 4 Latin Square design which each experimental period had 14 days for adaptation to diet and five days for fecal collection. […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the fitness capacity of a non-linear model in the process parameter estimation of the solid transit kinetics of bovine at pasture, using different sequences of fecal sampling. Five F1 Limousin X Nellore steers, fistulated in esophagus and rumen on Brachiaria decumbens grazing and concentrate supplemented during the rainy season period were used. The experiment was developed in three experimental periods; in a randomized completely blocks design. Chromium mordant, produced from extrusa samples, […]

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradation kinetics and different models to estimate the passage rate in steers fed diets with 15.0% of broiler litter associated to two levels of a supplement based on bovine lyophilized ruminal microbiota (0 and 10 g/animal•day). Four steers with ruminal and abomasal fistulae were allotted to a completely randomized experiment. The passage rate was determined using chromium complexed to the cellular wall […]