The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The objective was to evaluate the effect of protein and (or) carbohydrate supplementation on the rumen degradation of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) from high-quality tropical forage. The experiment simulated the supplementation of finishing cattle under grazing during the rainy season (70:30 forage to concentrate ratio, as dry matter basis). Samples of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) cut after 21 days regrowth were used as basal forage. The concentrate used was formulated to contain 30% crude protein, using starch as the […]
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of supplementation with nitrogenous compounds on rumen dynamics of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) in cattle fed low-quality tropical forage. Five crossbred heifers with average live weight of 180 kg and fitted with rumen cannulae were used. The animals were fed ad libitum with signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf.) hay, which had crude protein (CP) content of 4.86% of dry matter (DM). The five treatments were proposed in order to raise […]
The effect of the protein and (or) carbohydrates supplementation on the rumen degradation of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) from low quality forage was evaluated. The experiment simulated the supplementation of finishing cattle grazing low quality Brachiaria decumbens pasture during dry season (70:30 forage to concentrate ration, %DM). The concentrate referring to the basal treatment was formulated to contain 30% CP, using starch as the energetic source and casein as the protein source. The treatments were established by omission of protein […]