The non-carcass components of castrated and non-castrated cattle (sex condition) finished in feedlot and slaughtered at 16 (super young) or 26 (young) months of age (animal category) were evaluated. The diet was formulated to contain 11.8% of CP and 2.83 Mcal/kg DM of DE with 50:50 forage to concentrate ratio (%MS). Super young animals showed higher of empty body dressing percentage (92.39 versus 89.76%), as a result of their lower gastrointestinal content (35.23 versus 53.46 kg) as compared to the […]

Nine lactating Holstein cows with average 526 ± 5 kg of BW, five predominantly black and four predominantly white, bred in a tropical region and managed in open pasture were observed to measure cutaneous and respiratory evaporation rates under different environmental conditions. Cows were separated in three weight class: 1 (<450 kg), 2 (450-500 kg) and 3 (>500 kg). Latent heat loss from cutaneous surface was measured using a ventilated capsule; evaporation in the respiratory system was measured using a […]

The objective was to analyze the chemical composition and profile of fatty acids of broilers meat (breast and drumstick/thigh) fed diets with fish meal and oats. A completely randomized design, with five diets, three replications of 10 birds each, was used. Diets with 4.5 or 9% fishmeal, 10 or 20% oats, and control diet were evaluated. There was no difference in breast chemical composition. Drumstick/thigh of birds fed diets with 9% fishmeal and 10% oats showed greater amount of lipids […]

The supplementation of concentrate to young bulls kept in pastures of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu during the dry season of the year was evaluated. A total of 16 young bulls from Canchim breed, with 7 mo old and 250 kg, was allotted to a completely randomized design in 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. The factors consisted of balanced supplements for two potential of microbial fermentation – 9.5 and 11.0 g microbial crude protein/MJ fermentable metabolizable energy and for weight gain […]

Aiming to study the influence of parturition order and milking time in the production and physical-chemical composition of colostrum and transition milk secretion of Saanen goats, three groups of animals were used (16 from the first parturition; 17 from the second and 8 from the third or more parturitions) and samples were collected at zero, 12 and 24 h after kidding. Parturition order did not interfere in colostrum and transition milk secretion productions, neither in the studied characteristics (acidity, density, […]

The objective was to evaluate the efficiency of conversion of dry matter (DM) and metabolizable energy (ME) of the diet on weight gain and weight of calf weaned per cow. A total of 13 Nellore, 13 crossbred F1 Simental × Nellore (SN) and 13 F1 Limousin × Nellore (LN) cows with 5 to 9 years of age and their offspring was used. Between 15 and 210 days post calving, the cows were kept in individual stalls, with the calves. Diets […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the performance of steers of three genetic groups: Nellore (NN), ½ Guzerat × ½ Nellore (GN) and ½ Brahman × ½ Nellore (BN). Forty-one steers, 24 mo old, kept in pasture of Brachiaria grass. All animals were from the same herd and were raised under the same conditions and slaughtered at 3 years old. At the beginning of the experiment and at slaughter, Brahman-crossed animals were heavier than the animals from the other […]

The effect of different thermal control systems on broiler body temperature was evaluated in 610 female broiler chickens, Cobb breed, housed in 10 small scale of aviaries models (treatments). Climate data were collected inside the models and were used to calculate the Thermal Heat Load (THL). Bird surface and rectal temperature were recorded to calculate average body temperature (ABT). Data were always collected from 1:00 and 2:00 pm, the hour of maximum THL inside models. The treatments consisted of a […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of starch sources and processing used in diets on performance and nitrogen metabolism of lactating Holstein dairy cows fed sugar cane as forage. Five multiparous lactating Holstein cows, cannulated in the rumen and proximal duodenum, were used in a 5 × 5 Latin square. Cows were fed a 40:60 forage concentrate ration (40% fresh sugar cane and 60% concentrate) and differ only on processing or mainly starch source: cracked corn; […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the development of 32 primiparous beef heifers Aberdeen Angus and Angus crossbred raised and mating from 13 to the 15 months of age. The experiment had beginning in the pregnancy diagnosis of using ultra-sound technique, realized at 28 days after the ending of the reproductive period. The initial average weight and body condition (BC) was 288 kg LW and 3.2 points, respectively. In this occasion, the beef heifers were uniformly distributed by genetic […]