Four experiments were carried out using white-egg pullets and brown-egg pullets in two different phases, growth phase (7 to 12 age weeks) and production phase (20 to 28 age weeks), with objective to determine requirements of calcium and available phosphorus and the effects of levels calcium e available phosphorus in production. Chickens from 13 to 19 weeks age were identified for treatment and fed only commercial diet. For each experiment, the chickens were allotted in a completely randomized design with […]

The experiment was carried out to study the influences of the feeding pattern of rabbits during the lactation phase according function of the starch level in the diets and availability of milk modulated by litter size on performance young rabbits before weaning (35 days). One hundred litters were maintained to eight rabbits at birth until the 16 day old. From 16 to 35 days old, 60 litter were reduced for four young rabbits, while the others were maintained with eight […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the prediction equations of the protein requirements for broiler breeder pullets, that was previously determined at Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias UNESP – Jaboticabal. The equations were compared with standard recommendation for the used strain. Two hundred and eighty eight broiler breeder pullets for Hubbard Hy-Yield strain at 5 weeks old were assigned to a randomized design with two treatments and six replication of 24 pullets until 14 weeks and 20 […]

This work was undertaken to evaluate of dietary energy and energy: crude protein ratio on performance and carcass quality of broiler chicks in the pre-starter and starter phases. Were used 900 one day old male broiler chicks, weight of 41 g, allotted in a completely randomized design in 45 boxes, in factorial 3 X 3, with three ME levels (2,850; 3,000 and 3,150 kcal) and three ME: CP ratio (125.0, 136.9 and 151.5 kcal/%CP), resulting in nine treatments with five […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the validity of prediction equation of metabolizable energy requirements, that was previously determined at Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias of UNESP -Jaboticabal. The pullets were distributed in a randomized design with three treatments and six replication of 18 pullets from 3 to 8 wk-age, 15 birds from 9 to 12 wk-age and 12 birds from13 to 18 wk-age. The treatments consisted of comparing the performance of pullets feeding according to: ad […]

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the nutritional utilization of soybean hulls for growing horses. In the digestibility assay, four colts, averaging 11 months of age and 350±26kg, were used to determine the nutritional value of diets with soybean hulls. The experimental design was square latine (4 x 4). Four diets were used, one as a reference and three as test diets, where the soybean hulls replaced 33.3, 66.6 and 100% of the Tifton 85 hay of the reference […]

The objective of the experiment was to determine the chemical composition, crude energy, apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and corrected metabolizable energy (AMEn) from samples of corn submitted to different drying temperatures (environmental temperature and artificial drying with temperatures of 80, 100 and 120ºC) and different storage periods (0, 60, 120 and 180 days). The total excreta collection method was used to determine the values of AME and AMEn, for Avian Farm birds, males, reared from 21 to 30 days of […]

Fifty crossbreed gilts (1/2 Landrace, 1/4 Large White e 1/4 Pietran) with average weight of 154.5 + 2.93 and 175.1 + 8.53 kg at second and third reproductive cycle respectively, were used to evaluate different crude protein (CP) levels in gestation diet. A randomized block design, with five treatments, ten replicates and one animal by experimental unit was used. The treatments corresponded to rations with 10.0, 11.5, 13.0, 14.5, and 16.0% of crude protein. Sow weight gain, piglet average weight […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritional requirement of calcium for broilers in growing (22 to 42 days), and finishing (43 to 53 days) phases. Three hundred and sixty Avian Farm broiler chicks (180 from each sex) were used in both trails. The first experiment lasted 21 days and the second one, 10 days. A completely randomized design was used in both experiments, with six treatments, six replications and 10 birds per experimental unity (five males and five […]

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the temperature and rearing system on the apparent metabolizable energy requirements for maintenance (MEm) for broiler breeder hens. In the experiment 1, MEm was determined with birds in cages. One hundred-ninety-two birds were housed in climatic chambers at 13, 21 and 30ºC. The birds were assigned to four treatments with four replications of four birds each. The treatments were: ad libitum intake, 70, 50 and 30% of ad libitum intake. Comparative […]