Three trials with were conducted to evaluate the effects of diets with 53% rye (diet C) or 53% wheat (diet T) supplemented or not with xylanase enzymes (0.06%) on nutrient digestibility and metabolizable energy and the performance and development of the broiler chicken digestive tract. A diet with 53% corn was used as control. In trial 1, dry matter, organic matter and apparent fat digestibilities corrected for nitrogen (EMAn) were lower in rye diets than in wheat diets (2556 kcal/kg […]

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance and composition of litter, tibia, liver and excreta of broiler chicks at different phases using different levels of available phosphorous (Pd) and the enzyme phytase. One thousand and two hundred one-day-Cobb-male chicks were used, distributed in a randomized complete design, using a 4 × 3 factorial arrangement, consisting of four available phosphorus levels and three phytase levels – 0, 500 and 1,000 FTU phytase/kg of diet with four replications of 25 birds […]

Three experiments were carried out to evaluate the performance and nutritional value of the extruded corn for broilers from one to 21 days of age. In the first experiment, the metabolism of pre-gelatinized corn, corn starch and corn germ meal was assessed by the total excreta collection method from 4 to 7 days of age and values of apparent (AME) and corrected metabolizable energy (CAME) and the results were, respectively: 3370, 3379.7, 3259.1 kcal/kg de AME and 3299.8, 3369.7, 3051.6 […]

The objective was to evaluate the results of supplementation in the dry season of the year and the possible interference of the forage availability and quality and level of supplementation on performance. The total DM and green dry matter pasture availability deferred for use in the dry season has an average of all experiments of 6,431 kg ha-1 and 2,173 kg ha-1. The Brachiaria under grazing in the dry season have high levels of NDF, with an average of 74.50%, […]

The effects of the addition of 15% of different addictives (coffee hulls, cocoa meal and cassava meal) to green elephant grass forage, in natural matter basis (weight/weight), at the ensilage moment on the consumption of nutrients and the performance of twenty Santa Inês sheep under feedlot system were evaluated. The animals had 5.0 months of age, initial weight of 22.27 ± 3.24 kg and final weight of 28.6 ± 3.78 kg. The treatments were: T1 = elephant grass ensiled without […]

In three years of research, 223 purebred Nelore and crossbred Canchim × Nelore, Angus × Nelore and Simmental × Nelore calves received either mineral mixture or 3 kg/animal/day of a concentrate, containing 18.8% crude protein and 81.5% total digestible nutrients, on a dry basis, while in a rotational grazing of Cynodon dactylon cv. Coastcross, fertilized pastures. Available forage (kg dry matter/ha) was different for paddocks of cattle receiving mineral mixture (2,961 kg) from those receiving concentrate (3,383 kg). However, forage […]

The present work aimed to estimate the individual intake of dry matter, concentrated and forage for animals feed in group. Evaluate also, dry matter intake, average daily gain and feed conversion ratio by animals from one of three genders (bulls, steers or heifers) fed individually or in groups, with two levels of concentrate offer (1.00 or 1.25% of BW), and carcass traits of confined Nellore cattle. Forty five Nellore cattle – 15 bulls, 15 steers and 15 heifers were used. […]

The effect of corn feeding forms in multiple supplements on performance of finishing steers grazing signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf) during rainy season was evaluated. Sixteen crossbred steers with initial weight of 384 kg and 18 mo old were distributed to four supplements mineral mix (MM) (control) and three multiple supplements with different feeding forms of corn: ground corn (GC); ground ear-corn (GEC) and ground whole-plant corn (GWPC) – in a completely randomized experimental design with four replicates. The animals […]

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the use of residue mango (Mangifera indica L., var. Ubá) meal (RMM) in diets of broiler chickens from 1 to 42 days old. A total of 600 male Ross chicks were distributed to a completely randomized design, with 5 diets and with 6 repetitions of 20 birds each. Diets consisted of the inclusion of 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0% of RMM in diets based on corn and soybean meal. Feed consumption, average […]

With the objective to evaluate the performance, voluntary intake and nutrient digestibilities, 24 NDB (no defined breed), non castrated male lambs with 20 ± 3.25 BW initial and 4.6 ± 0.8 months old were used. Animals were kept in feedlot and fed diets with babassu meal (0, 10, 20 and 30%) in substitution to Panicum maximum Jack hay. The diets, isoprotein and isonitrogenous, were fed in a complete mix ration. A completely blocks randomized design, with four treatments and six […]