An experiment employing three hundred and twenty 81-week-old Lohmann LSL commercial-breed hens was conducted to compare alternative induced-molting methods with the conventional method (fasting). Induced molting lasted 28 days at most, production and quality being monitored for four periods of 28 days thereafter. A completely randomized experimental design with five treatments, eight replicates of eight birds each per plot was adopted. The following experimental treatments were applied until a loss of 26% of body weight was reached: T1 – fasting, […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of supplementing diets with similar protein, fiber and lipid contents with different lipid sources on dry matter intake, milk yield and feed efficiency of early lactating Jersey cows. Eight multiparous cows averaging 420 kg of body weight and daily yield of 20 kg of 3.5% fat corrected milk (FCM) were randomly assigned to two replicated 4 x 4 Latin squares. Each experimental period lasted four weeks and means were compared […]

In this study different energy supplements for feedlot calves weaned at 80 days of age and averaging 90 kg of body weight were evaluated. The following energy sources were used: corn grain (CG), rice bran (RB), soybean hulls (SH), corn grain + rice bran (CG + RB), soybean hulls + rice bran (SH + RB) or corn grain + soybean hulls (CG + SH). The diets were isonitrogenous (13% crude protein) with a 50:50 forage:concentrate ratio. Sorghum silage (AG-2005E) constituted […]

The present work was designed to verify the effect of the use of phytase and xylanase upon the performance and bone deposition of minerals in broiler diets containing 15% of rice bran, low available phosphorus and without supplementation of iron, zinc, copper and manganese. The phytase utilized was the Natuphos 5000 and the xylanase Avizyme 1300. The experimental design was the completely randomized and the analysis of variance in a 4×2+1 factorial scheme. The control diet was made up of […]

It was evaluated the forage production from black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) plus italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam) mixture under grazing with beef heifers of Charolais breed and their crosses with Nellore submitted to following treatments: 0, 0.7, and 1.4% live weight/day of supplementation of rice bran plus citrus pulp (1:1). Daily dry matter accumulation rate (TA), botanical composition, forage losses and economic return of the different levels of supplementation were evaluated. The treatments with supplementation increased TA, however, the […]

This work was carried outo to evaluate the effect of levels of energetic supplementation in productive and reproductive performance of sixty-four Charolais heifers and their crosses with Nellore, mantained in cultivated pasture of black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) plus Italian ryegrass (Lulium mulktiflorum Lam.). The treatments considered supplementation of 0; 0.7 and 1.4% of the live weight (LW)/day of rice bran associated with citric pulp, in the proportion of 1:1. A continuous grazing system with variable stocking rate was used, […]