Thirty six ¾ European ¼ Zebu bulls were fed diets containing 9, 15 and 21% of the dry matter as sugar cane bagasse in natura (BIN). The animals, with initial body weight of 257 kg, were slaughtered with 435 kg, after 138 days on feed. Measurements in the carcass and the 9-10-11th rib cut physical composition were taken. Samples of Longissimus dorsi and Supraspinatus muscles, aged 0, 7 and 14 days, were analyzed for texture and color. Renal, pelvic and […]

It were utilized four crossbreed, castrated, rumen cannuladed bovines, receiving dietary starea (containing 30% of urea) in the concentrate and corn silage, with the objective of quantify the liquid-associated bacteria and protozoa, solid-associated bacteria and related them with the ruminal pH. Three samples from ruminal content were harvested at 1 a.m., 2 a.m. and 30 min and 11 a.m. and 30 min after feeding. The microbial mass was quantified and qualified in the different fractions of solid-associated bacteria (SAB), liquid-associated […]

Forty Nellore bulls, with 240 kg initial live weight (LW), were used. Four were reference bulls, four were fed for maintenance, and the remaining were allotted to eight treatments, with four different concentrate levels in the diets (20, 40, 60 and 80%) and two levels of crude protein (CP) (15 and 18%). The growing phase was evaluated up to 360 kg of LW and the fattening phase, up to 450 kg of LW. The roughage used was Tyfton bermudagrass hay […]

Partial or total data, from several works, on nutritional requirements of bovine, were utilized. In all the experiments, the comparative slaughter technique was used, with the slaughter of a representative sample of the experimental animals at the beginning of the feeding period and the determination of the empty body composition. The fat, protein, energy, Ca, P, Mg, Na and K contents retained in the animal body of each breed group were estimated by regression equations of the logarithm of protein, […]

Four buffaloes and four cattle, rumen fistulated, were utilized in two Latin Square (4 x 4) to evaluate the effects of rations with increasing levels of NDF (54, 60, 66 and 72% in DM) and two porous size of the nylon bags (53 and 100 mm) on the population of ciliate protozoa in rumen content and inside the nylon bags suspended in the rumen for several times. There was no difference in the several genus and in the total of […]

This work was carried out to evaluate the ruminal degradation of dry matter, crude protein and neutral detergent fiber and ruminal particles and liquid phase dynamics by steers in natural pasture of the Zona da Mata, region of Minas Gerais State, during different seasons of the year. The season 1(S1) corresponded to the months of February/March/April, and the season 2(S2), to the months of August/September/October. Five steers with esophageal and rumen fistulae, each one considered as a replicate, were used […]

The objective of this experiment was to study the in vitro effects of the ionophores on ruminal fermentation of amino acids. Rumen fluid of a steer fed an elephant-grass based diet was used in the incubations, with addition of casein hydrolysate, in three treatments (control-C; monensin-M; and lasalocid-L). Inocula were transferred into new tubes, daily and on the 11th day of incubation, tubes from each of the treatments were used to inoculate three new tubes (C, M, L), totalizing nine […]

Forty Nellore bulls, with 240 kg initial live weight (LW), were used. Four were reference bulls, four were fed for maintenance, and the remaining were allotted to eight treatments, with four different concentrate levels in the diets (20, 40, 60, and 80%) and two levels of crude protein (CP) (15 and 18%). The growing phase was evaluated up to 360 kg of LW and the fattening phase, up to 450 kg of LW. Cynodon dactylon (L) Pears. (cv Tyfton 85) […]

Soybean meal (SBM), feather meal (FTM) and treated soybean meal (TSBM) with 0.17% of formaldehyde were used as supplement of sorghum silage to evaluate the effect on intake, performance and nutrient digestibilities with young bulls. Treatment of soybean meal with formaldehyde did not differ from soybean not treated, for all studied parameters. Feather meal supplement presented lower digestibility coefficients for DM, OM, CP, NDF and ADF (63.0, 65.5, 61.8, 56.4, and 50.9%, versus 65.1, 67.0, 66.8, 58.5, and 53.6% for […]

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of the supplementation in the transition period between wet and dry seasons (May to September) on the productive performance, dry matter intake (DMI), and ruminal pH and N-ammonia. Supplements with 30% of crude protein, supplied in the level of 3 kg/animal/day and constituted by the following energy sources: corn grain (MILHO), grounded corn ear (MDPS) and wheat bran (FT), were evaluated. In the experiment 1, 15 holstein-zebu steers, with average age […]