Two experiments were performed to determine the effects of replacing the neutral detergent fiber from sugarcane bagasse with soybean hulls neutral detergent fiber in high concentrate diets on lamb feeding behavior and apparent nutrient digestibility. In the first experiment, 60 ram lambs with 16.4 ± 0.3 kg body weight and 67 ± 2 days old were allotted to a complete randomized block design as a 2 × 2 + 1 factorial arrangement of treatments, consisting of two neutral detergent fiber […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effects of feeding diets containing corn silage or sugarcane bagasse plus high moisture corn or dry corn grain on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing young bulls. Twenty-eight Santa Gertrudis young bulls averaging 10 months of age and 245 kg of body weight were assigned to a completely randomized block design with a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Animals were maintained in individual pens during 142 days and were […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance and carcass characteristics of cattle fed high concentrate diets containing 15, 21 or 27% of sugarcane bagasse in the dry matter. Twenty-four Nellore steers with 279 kg of shrunk body weight and 24 months of age, two per pen, were fed for 98 days. No significant effects were observed for average daily gain (mean =1.461 kg) and feed efficiency among the treatments. It was observed a linear effect between dry […]

Thirty two Santa Gertrudis bulls with ten months of age and 245 kg average live weight were fed 88% concentrate diets with corn silage or sugarcane bagasse and dry corn or high moisture corn. Four animals were slaughtered in the beginning of the experiment for initial body composition determination. Other 28 animals were distributed on four treatments. The experimental design was randomized blocks in 2 X 2 factorial (two roughage X two corn sources) with seven replicates. Regression equation of […]

The effect of corn grain harvested at 87%DM or harvested at 70%DM ground and ensiled were evaluated. Diets contained different roughage sources, either corn silage (20% of the diet DM) or sugarcane bagasse (12% of the DM). Thirty two Santa Gertrudis bulls with initial average age of ten months and initial average weight of 245 kg were fed an adaptation diet for 33 days. After that period four animals were slaughtered to obtain initial body composition. The other 28 animals […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of ¾ European x ¼ Zebu crossbred bulls of British or Continental paternal breed, fed high concentrate diets containing 9, 15 or 21% of the dry matter (DM) with sugarcane bagasse (BIN) in a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement. Thirty-six crossbred bulls, 9 months old and 257 kg of shrink body weight were fed, two per pen, for 139 days. There was no difference in shrink body weight gain between […]

Body composition of 42 crossbreed bulls ¼ B. indicus x ¾ B. taurus of either Continental (Guelbvieh) or British (Shorthorn) paternal breed and Caracu x Nelore cows (9 months old and initial empty body weight of 243 kg), were evaluated. Six animals were slaughtered after the adaptation period to obtain the initial body composition. The other 36 animals were fed diets formulated with 9, 15 and 21% of sugar cane bagasse in natura (BIN) and concentrated. There were no significant […]

The objective of this work was to test two forms of hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse (with [17 kgf/cm2] or without [4 kgf/cm2] fast decompression post-hydrolysis) and two levels of concentrate (25 and 45%. DM) on the performance and final body composition of growing heifers in a 112 day feedlot period. Twenty-four Nellore and 12 Canchim heifers were allotted to a randomized block design in a 2×2 factorial arrangement. The results demonstrated that the omission of decompression post hydrolysis and the […]