Three Holstein steers, canulated in the rumen, where were incubated nylon bags with sugarcane bagasse, were maintained in feedlot, in individual boxes, according to the following treatments: T1 – bagasse without treatment (control); T2 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S; T3 – bagasse treated with 4% NH3 and T4 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S + 4% NH3. Higher potential degradability was observed for the treatment with bagasse treated with NH3 and NH3 plus Na2S. Dry matter degradability ranged from […]

The objective of this work was to determine the in vitro effect of the propolis on the specific activity of ammonia production (SAAP) or activity deamination of amino acids and on ruminal fermentation in bovine. The SAAP was determined using ruminal fluid and McDougall buffer (1:4) with different levels of propolis extract and excess of hydrolyzed casein. In the study of the in vitro effect of the propolis on the ruminal fermentation and SAAP, four Holstein steers were used, in […]

Two experiments were accomplished with the objective to evaluate the in vitro efficiency of the propolis extract to inhibit the gas production from ruminal fermentation of different feeds. In the first experiment, 100 mg of ground brachiaria dry matter hay was incubated, in absence (0.2 mL of alcoholic solution at 70.0% in water) or presence of 0.2 mL of propolis extract (extraction of 3 g of propolis in triturated stone for each 10 mL of alcohol at 70%, for ten […]

Sixteen ½ Holstein/Indubrasil heifers, averaging 230 kg of live weight, housed in individual boxes, were allotted to a completely randomized design, with four treatments and four replicates, according to the following treatments: T1 – bagasse without treatment (control); T2 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S; T3 – bagasse treated with 4% NH3 and T4 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S + 4% NH3. All treatments were based on bagasse dry matter. Sugarcane bagasse was stored for 10 months e, after […]

The experiment was carried to study three three levels (0, 50 e 100%) of high moisture corn silage replacing dry corn grain in rations of lambs fed in creep feeding. Twenty four Suffolk lambs were evaluated to qualitative and quantitative loin (longissimus dorsi) characteristics. Lambs were weighed until to reach pre-fixed slaughter weight, 28 kg LW. Cold carcasses were cut in seven anatomical regions. Four measures were taken on longissimus dorsi surface: maximum width; minimal depth; minimal fat depth and […]

Twenty sheep were allotted in metallic crates during 15 days, to determine the effects of different levels of poultry litter on consumption and nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance and on the major elements apparent availability. The animals were distributed in four treatments in a blocks design, with five replicates. Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp) hay was the forage source and poultry litter was composed of chopped corn cobs and coffee hulls in the ratio of 1:1. The diets were isoprotein with four […]

This trial was carried out in Luiziana, Northwest of Paraná, from June to October 2000. Twenty-four animals with 223 kg of initial body weight and nine months old, from two different genetic groups, ½ Red Angus ½ Nellore (15) and ½ Marchigiana ½ Nellore (9), were used. Animal performance was evaluated, under grazing conditions of Coastcross (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers) and three types of supplementation: grazing Oat + Ryegrass pasture (OR) for four hours/day; 1.2% of body weight (BW) supplement […]

A trial involving nineteen zebu steers with initial live weight of 270 kg were conducted with the objective of determining their energy requirements and the efficiency of utilization of the metabolizable energy for gain (kg) and maintenance (km). Four steers were slaughtered at the beginning of the trial, performing the reference group, three were fed at maintenance level and the remaining were uniformly allotted to a complete randomized design, in three treatments, with different levels of concentrate in the diets […]

Six Nellore bulls, with initial body weight of 420 kg, were assigned to a duplicated 3×3 Latin square design to evaluate the effects of replacing a true protein source (soybean meal), of high biological value, in a rumen degradable protein (RDP) deficient diet, by urea or starea (a supposedly slow release nonprotein nitrogen source), both in a RDP adjusted diet. In natura sugarcane bagasse as the only source of forage (20% of DM). Evaluated parameters were: rumen ammonia-N concentration, plasma […]

A trial involving nineteen zebu steers with initial live weight of 270 kg was conducted with the objective of determining their protein requirements. Four steers were slaughtered at the beginning of the trial, compounding the reference group, three were fed at maintenance level and the remaining were uniformly allotted to a complete randomized design, of three treatments, with different levels of concentrate in the diets (5, 35, 65 %, in the total dry matter basis). As roughage was used Brachiaria […]