This study was carried out to evaluate the performance and characteristics of carcass of broiler chickens fed diets with reduced levels of CP, available P (aP) and Ca, supplemented with phytase and amino acids. The growth phases evaluated were: Phase1, 1 – 21 days old, phase 2, 22 – 42 days old. A completely randomized design was used, with the treatments constituted of five nutritional plans (NP), with six replicates of 25 birds each. The nutritional plans were: NP1 – […]

The true digestibility coefficients and the values of true digestible amino acids of whole toasted soybean, micronized soybean and five soybean meals samples were determined. The forced feeding method was used with cecectomized adult cockerels. A total of 24 adult Leghorn cockerels averaging 2348 ± 165 g were used. Each feedstuff was fed to six cockerels, with the cockerel the experimental unit, in two replicates in the time. A total of 30 g of the tested feedstuff was forced fed […]

The experiment was carried out to estimate the level of digestible threonine for laying japanese quail during 63 days. A total of 400 japanese quails, with inicial age of 57 days were allotted to a complete randomized experimental design with five treatments, eight replicates and ten birds per experimental unit. The basal diet, deficient in threonine and with 20% C, 2,910kcal ME/kg, was supplemented with five levels of L-threonine 98% (0.018, 0.074, 0.128, 0.183, and 0.239%), corresponding to digestible threonine: […]

An experiment was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effect of different lysine levels in diets supplemented or not with ractopamine (RAC) on the performance and carcass characteristics of finishing barrows. Forty commercial hybrid swines were distributed to a randomized experimental block design, in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement, with two digestible lysine levels (0.67 and 0.87%), with adjustment for the others amino acids to achieve an ideal protein relationship, and two levels of RAC (0 and […]

Five crossbred mares (averaging six years and 480 kg BW) were allotted to latin square experimental design. The objective was to evaluate the utilization of diets containing triticale grains (dry or ensiled) in substitution of corn in the feeding of equine feeding, using assay of gastrointestinal transit and digestibility. The treatments consisted of three levels of triticale grains in substitution of corn grains (0, 50 and 100%), and two conservation forms of triticale grains (dry or ensiled). The diets were […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of coconut meal (CM) in diets on nutrients digestibility, performance and egg characteristics of commercial laying hens. A total of 150 laying hens, with 76 weeks of age was weighed and allotted to a completely randomized design with five treatments and five replicates of six birds in each experimental unit. Five diets were evaluated, one control, without CM and the others with 5, 10, 15, and 20% of CM. Diets […]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate dietary levels of crude protein (CP) and digestible lysine (LYSD) on the performance and nitrogen (N) excretion of piglets in the initial phase. In experiment 1, 80 barrows and females (initial weight of the 9.1 kg ± 1.2 kg and final weight of the 21.5 ± 4.8 kg), crossbred (Landrace x Large White), were distributed to a randomized blocks in factorial scheme 2 x 4 (two levels of CP 16 and 18% – and […]

Fifty and two lactating sows were allotted to a randomized complete blocks experimental design with four digestible threonine levels (0.64; 0.67; 0.70 and 0.73%) and 13 replications, and each experimental unit was consisted by a female. The temperature inside in the room was of 29.7 ± 2.5°C. There was no effect of digestible threonine levels in the diet on the weight of the sows at weaning. The total and percentage sow weight losses linearly reduced with the increase of digestible […]

The chemical composition, the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and apparent metabolizable energy corrected by nitrogen (AMEn) of six feed of vegetal origins were determined by the total excreta collection method. A total of 252 male broiler chicks of the lineage Ross with 21 days of age were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design, with seven treatments (one basal reference diet and six test diets), six replicates and six birds per experimental unit. The evaluated feeds were: corn (CO), high […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the tryptophan (Trp) requirements and the recovery performance pattern of laying hens fed Trp-deficient diets. One hundred sixty Hisex White commercial laying hens were randomly distributed in five Trp levels in the diets (0.13, 0.15, 0.17, 0.19 and 0.21% ) with eight replicates of four birds. The laying hens remained for two weeks in adaptation (51 to 52 weeks), for six weeks for evaluation of Trp requirements (53 to 58 weeks) and for […]