The objective of this research was to describe comparatively the dynamics of herbage accumulation in Xaraés palisadegrass pastures [Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf cv. Xaraés] submitted to rotational stocking managements, defined either by pre-graze light interception (LI) by the canopy (95% or 100% LI) or calendar days (28d). Pre-graze forage mass (FM) was higher for 100% LI pastures. Pastures grazed at 95% LI and 28-d resulted in similar pre-graze FM in the spring, both lower than that of the 100%-LI […]

The experiment was conduced to evaluate the effect of different native pasture structures, represented by four sward heights (4, 8 12 and 16 cm) on defoliation and selectivity patterns of calves and ewes, in 45-minute grazing tests. A completely randomized design with four treatments and two replicates in time and space were used. Sward structure was characterized by sward height, herbage mass, leaf blade mass, herbage bulk density, leaf blade bulk density, and number and length of fully-emerged and emerging […]

This work aimed to evaluate the tilling and tiller structural characteristics on Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk pasture fertilized with nitrogen (N) under different deferring periods. The treatments had 73, 95 and 116-day deferring periods, and 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg/ha N doses. A randomized block design with three replicates and subdivided plots was used. The number of vegetative tillers (VT) reduced as the deferring period increased. Interaction between the deferring period and N doses on the VT population density […]

The in vivo carcass characteristics and the cut yields measured in the carcass of Morada Nova sheep finished in feedlot system fed increasing levels of dietary concentrate were evaluated. Thirty-two castrated Morada Nova lambs with 8.11 ± 1.15 months of age and 19.67 ± 2.97 kg of initial body weight were used in this trial. The experimet was analyzed as a completely randomized block design with eight replicates per treatment. Animals were slaughtered at 30.0 kg BW and fed diets […]

The objective of this study was to compare two populations of Crioula alfalfa cultivars, selected by the length of the seedling second internode (Crioula-LI, long internode = 2.5 cm; Crioula-SI, short internode = 1.5 cm) with Alfagraze cultivar in order to verify the seedling morphology value for the selection of more prostrate plants. The plants were grown individually in pots in a semi-protected environment and harvested at 74, 104, 134, 164, 194 and 224 days. Crioula populations varied in terms […]

The present work was aimed to evaluate the effect of mineral protein supplementation with addition of chromium attached to the organic molecule on the productive performance, carcass traits and beef quality in steers finished under grass conditions. For this, 18 Nellore and 18 F1 Brangus × Nellore steers were used, with 16 months of average initial age and slaughtered at 22 months, distributed equally into two treatment of mineral protein supplementation with and without addition of chromium attached to the […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the feed systems for 70 primiparous beef heifers from the initial gestation period at the age of 13/15 months to the end of the second reproductive period as primiparous cows at 22/24 months of age. The experimental design was fully random with plots subdivided in time considering animals as replicates. The initial mean live weigh was 282 kg and the initial mean body condition was 3.2. The feeding systems were proposed to […]

This research was carried out aiming to assess the forage mass and its morphological components, pasture height and falling index, bulk density and the forage nutritional value on nitrogen (N) fertilized and deferred Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk pastures. The treatments had 73, 95 and 116-day deferring periods, and 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg/ha N doses. A randomized block design with three replicates and subdivided plots was used. Total forage, green forage and green stem mass, as well as pasture […]

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of different phosphorus sources, in diets of growing cattle, on apparent partial and total nutrient digestibility; ruminal parameters; microbial efficiency synthesis and plasma phosphorus. Four Holstein steers weighting 280 kg and implanted with ruminal and duodenal cannulas were used. The experimental design was a 4 × 4 Latin Square and treatments were four supplemental phosphorus sources in the diet as follows: dicalcium phosphate (DP), supertriple phosphate (SP), monoammonium phosphate (MP) and […]

The performance of broilers reared at different temperatures and fed diet with or without yeast extract and/or prebiotic in the starter phase was evaluated. One thousand, four hundred and forty 1-d male Cobb-500® were reared at different climatic chambers. The diets with or without yeast extract or prebiotic were fed only in the starter phase (1 to 7 days), and from the 8th day on all broiler were fed the same commercial diet. It was used a complete randomized experimental […]