An experiment was carried out at to evaluate the fermentation pattern and chemical-bromatologycal composition of fresh and wilted Ipomoea glabra Choisy and Jaquemontia asarifolia L.B. Smith silages. To evaluate the fermentation pattern silos were open in 3, 7, 14, 21 e 28 days of fermentation. The used design was completely randomized in split-plot to the fermentation pattern; and factorial outline 2 X 2 with four reapplication to the chemical analysis. In the material before ensiling were determined pH values, NH3-N […]

The experiment was conduced to evaluate the effects of corn replacement for forage cactus on the performance of crossbreed lactating cows and nutrient digestibility. Eight cows were assigned a two latin square design in a factorial 2 x 2 arrangement (two forage cactus cultivars, with or without corn).There was not interaction between forage cactus and corn and the effect of both were analyzed in an isolated way. The intake of dry matter, organic matter, acid detergent fiber, crude protein, ether […]

Records of 689 lactations of 225 Alpine x Gurguéia goats, progenies of 18 buck, controlled from 1988 to 1996, raised at Carnaúba Farm, Taperoá-PB, were analyzed with the objective of study environmental effects and estimate genetics parameters for Milk Production (MP) and Length of Lactation (LL). The environmental effects were analyzed by an statistical model that included buck random effects and the fixed effects of contemporary groups, type of kidding and age of dam at kidding and length lactation as […]

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of “catingueira” hay (CH) addition on nutritional balance by sheep. Fifteen “Morada Nova” males castrated sheep were used in a complete randomized design with three treatments (0, 50 and 100% CH addition) and five replications. The inclusion of CH did not influence the apparent nitrogen balance. The energy retained as percentage of the ingested energy was not affected by treatment, however, the energy retained as percentage of the digested energy […]

A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of bST in crossbred dairy cows (Bos indicus x Bos taurus) raised in a semi-arid zone, in the Northeast of Brazil. Fifteen cows (second and third lactation; 42-155 days in milk) received five applications of bST, at 14-day intervals. Other 15 cows were used as controls. The animals were fed with diet consisted in elephant grass and concentrate. During the first application of bST, the milk production of the treated cows (12.6 […]

Fifteen male castrated sheep were used during a period of 22 days to determine the bromatological composition, intake and in vivo digestibility of diets with increasing levels (0, 50 and 100%) of “catingueira” hay (CH). A completely randomized experimental design with three treatment and five replications was used. “Catingueira” hay presented a 91.5% dry matter (DM), 93.89% organic matter (OM), 11.25% crude protein (CP), 4.31% ether extract (EE), 45.47% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 37.08% acid detergent fiber (ADF), 8.39% hemicellulose […]