To evaluate the intake, nutrients apparent digestibilities and nitrogen balance of corn silage, alfalfa and coastcross bermudagrass hays a digestibility trial with sheep was conducted. Fifteen crossbred castrated sheeps, with average live weigth 47.5 kg, were used in a randomized blocks design with four repplicates. The dry matter intake, in g/kg0.75, was influenced by feed and the higher value (68.06) was observed in animals fed with alfalfa hay. The ether extract and neutral detergent fiber intakes were smaller for animals […]

Thirty Nellore bulls, averaging 20 months of age and 330 kg, were used to evaluate the effects of concentrate inclusion on the liquid and dietary requirements of calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg) and potassium (K). After a period of adaptation (40 days), five animals were slaughtered as reference and the 25 remaining were allotted to five treatments (25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0% of concentrate, in DM), in a completely randomized design, with five replicates. The slaughter weight was […]

This work was carried out to estimate the efficiency of metabolizable energy utilization (EMEU) for maintenance (km) and weight gain (kf) and the requirements of metabolizable energy (ME) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) of Nellore bulls. Thirty-five animals, averaging 330 kg and 20 months old, were used. After the period of adaptation (40 days), five animals were slaughtered as reference. The remaining animals were allotted, in a completely randomized design, to the treatments (12.5, 25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0% […]

The objectives of this research were to evaluate the effects of two forage levels and two experimental periods on the microbial efficiency, ruminal ammonia concentration, the ruminal pH, duodenal nitrogen (N) flux and digestibility. Four Holstein steers, two years old and 340 kg of body weight, ruminally and duodenally cannulated, were used. The experimental design was a 4 x 4 latin square and animals received four treatments as folowing: two levels of forage (70 and 30%) and two experimental periods […]

Ten lactating cows (Holtein and H*Z crossbreed) after 55d calving, with average weigth of 540 kg alloted to a switch-back design, were used in order to evaluate the intake and apparent digestibilities of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), crude protein (CP), total carbohydrates (TC) and ether extract (EE), the pH and ruminal ammonia concentration and milk yield and composition. The animals were fed ad libitum with diets containing alfalfa hay (AH), coastcross bermudagrass hay (CCH), […]

The effect of five dietary concentrate levels on the gastrintestinal contents and internal organs weight of Nellore bulls was evaluated. Twenty-five animals averaging 330 kg and 20 months of age were allotted to a completely randomized design, with five treatments constituted by different dietary concentrate levels in dry matter (25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5, and 75.0%). The animals, when reached the pre-established slaughter weight of 450 kg, were slaughtered and the organs and viscera weights were recorded. Regression equations were fitted […]

Thirty Nellore bulls, averaging 330 kg and 20 months of age, were used to obtain the prediction equations of body chemical composition, from the chemical composition of section HH (Hankins and Howe). After a period of adaptation of 40 days, five animals were slaughtered as reference to estimate the empty body weight and the initial body composition of the 25 animals remaining, that were allotted to five treatments with different dietary levels of concentrate in the dry matter (25.0, 37.5, […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate milk yield and some physico-chemical characteristics of milk from Mediterranean buffalo cows raised in western São Paulo. A total of 1438 observations was collected from 152 lactations that occurred from 1985 to 1995, at the Experimental Station of Andradina. The data were analyzed by means of the GLM procedure of SAS. The statistical model for milk production had month and lactation as fixed effects. The model for chemical constituents included milk yield […]

Thirty-nine crossbreed Holstein-Gyr steers were used aiming to evaluate the influence of compensatory growth on body content and on net and dietary requirements of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, and potassium of bovines. Thirty animals were submitted to a high pasture stocking rate, while nine had free access to the pasture (continuous growth group), during 114 days. After that, six animals from the first group and three from the second group were slaughtered, and the remaining animals were feedlot confined. From […]

The dry matter (DMD), organic matter (OMD) and gross energy digestibility (GED) and the total digestible nutrient (TDN) of the total ration were evaluated. The ration was composed by 44.3% of Brachiaria hay, 55% of concentrate and 0.7% of mineral mixture, supplied to different genetic groups (Gyr, Nellore, Guzerat, Santa Gertrudis and Caracu), using total collection of feces and the internal marker (lignin in acid detergent – ADL) as the digestibility techniques. The data were analyzed in a completely randomized […]