An experiment was carried out to evaluate the full-fat soybean (FFS) processed by vacuum (FFSvac) or by steam (FFSstm), by means of digestibility and metabolism of pigs. A completely randomized experimental design was used, with five treatments (control diet, diet with FFSvac, diet with FFSstm, 40% FFSvac + 60% control diet, 40% FFSstm + 60% control diet) and four replications each, being the animal the experimental unit. The digestibility coefficients of gross energy were 4% and 3% lower for the […]

An experiment was conducted with the objective to evaluate the type of whole soybean processing to be used in the feeding of growing-finishing swine. Sixty pigs, gilts and barrows, with initial average weight of 24.96 kg and age of 70 days, were distributed to a complete randomized block design, with five treatments, each one with 12 replicates, and six per each sex. The experimental unit was composed by one animal in an individual box. Experimental diets were isonutritious and based […]

The effect of different fat supplements on intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance, milk yield and efficiency of nutrient utilization was evaluated in lactating dairy goats. Twenty-four dairy goats were assigned to a completely randomized design with four treatments and six replicates/treatment. The fat supplements tested were soybean oil (SO), calcium salts of long-chain fatty acids (CS) and whole soybean (WS), which contributed with 4.5% of dietary ether extract. A control diet with no added fat was also fed to the animals. […]

Eight non-pregnant, non-lactating dairy goats fitted with ruminal cannulas were assigned to two replicated 4 x 4 Latin squares to evaluate the effects of lipid supplementation on intake, total tract and ruminal digestibility of nutrients, ruminal metabolism, and microbial protein synthesis. Animals were fed a control diet (no fat supplementation; 2.0% ether extract) or a diet supplemented (4.5% of added ether extract) with soybean oil (SO), calcium salts of long-chain fatty acids (CS) or whole soybean grain (WS). No significant […]

The digestibility coefficients and the true digestible amino acids content of soybean and soybean by-products were determined using cecectomized adult cockerels. Each one of the 8 feedstuffs evaluated was fed to six cockerels, consuming 15 g at 8:00 A.M. and 15 g at 16:00h P.M., after 24 hours fasting. Simultaneously, six cockerels were fasted to determine metabolic and endogenous losses. After determination of the digestibility coefficients and calculation of the digestible amino acids, prediction equations were simulated to predict the […]

The soybean meal (raw and thermal processed) from soybean cultivar BR 36 with conventional trypsin inhibitor activities levels (standard) and the soybean line BRM95-5262 that was genetically selected to contain low trypsin inhibitor activities were used in a biological assays with chicks. The BR 36 and BRM95-5262 soybean meal (thermal processed), used in the assays contained, respectively, 40 and 20, and 30 and 20% of relative residual trypsin inhibitors activities. The mean values of PER, NPR and feed: gain showed […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the feeding behavior, dry matter intake, and performance in goats fed hays of ramie (Boehemeria nivea G.), soybean (Neonotonia wightii) and elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum., cv. napier), offered to allow an excess of 30 or 60%, above the intake measured in the previous day. Thirty-six goats were allotted to a completely randomized design with six treatments in a factorial arrangement of 3 x 2 (hay and level of offer). The mean […]