The effect of four levels of dietary vitamin K (vit. K) on production, egg quality and bone structure of laying hens near the end of the production cycle were studied. A total of 192 Hy-Line, W-36 hens, 67 weeks of age, were distributed into a completely randomized design with four treatments (0, 2, 8, 32 mg vit. K/kg of diet), six replicates and eight birds per experimental unit. Corn-soybean-meal basal diets were isonitrogenous (15.5% crude protein), isoenergetic (2,790 kcal ME/kg), […]

The morphological characteristics of alfalfa plants associated to the grazing aptitude were evaluated in this trial. Three Crioula alfalfa populations originated from different regions without grazing history were evaluated: Chile, Roque Gonzales and Vale do Taquari, besides two North American cultivars, ABT 805, selected under grazing and CUF 101, selected under mowing. The trial was composed of plots with different materials, kept under grazing, where the grazing residue was constantly kept at 3-5 cm of height during a 255-day period […]

It was analyzed 117,082 complete lactation records adjusted for 305 days in milk yield (MY305) of 49,676 Holsteins cows from 308 herds distributed among seven dairy production units in the state of Paraná, Brazil. The objective was to verify the genotype × environment interaction to MY305 of Holsteins cows between dairy production units in the state of Paraná using the Bayesian inference. All animals were officially controlled by the Serviço de Controle Leiteiro Mensal of Associação Paranaense de Criadores de […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the ruminal degradable nitrogen (RDN) deficit using as roughage sugar cane supplemented with urea, soybean meal, or corn gluten meal 60 on the microbial synthesis efficiency, in situ dry matter (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradability. The treatments were: sugar cane, sugar cane with urea, soybean meal or corn gluten meal 60. Eight rumen and duodenum cannulated steers were used and arranged according to two 4 × 4 Latin Squares. The […]

This study aimed to analyze the effects of rbST administration in the estrous day, on pregnancy rate and progesterone concentration in cows embryo receivers. The subcutaneously administration of rbST (500 mg) was done in 67 receivers, and 77 without the rbST administration (144 receivers totally). The pregnancy determination was done 30 days after the estrous day and the pregnancy rate was different between the treatments where: 32.5% (25 from 77 without rbST administration) and 65.7% (44 from 67 receivers treated […]

This study was conducted using 103 male and female lambs from the following genetic groups: Santa Inês (SS) purebred and Santa Inês × Texel (TS), Santa Inês × Ile de France (FS), and Santa Inês × Bergamacia (BS) crossbred. The animals were slaughtered at the following body weights: 15, 25, 35 or 45 kg. After slaughter and cooling of the carcasses, the following cuts were made: neck, rib/flank, short ribs, loin, blade, and hind limb. The composition in muscle, bone […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the total methionine+cystine requirements in function of crushed and ground diets and pullet strain (light and semi-heavy) from 1 to 4 weeks of age. One thousand and sixty 1-day-old pullets were used as follows: 800 Dekalb White pullets and 800 Bovans Goldline pullets, weighting 34.52 ± 0.26 g and 36.41 ± 0.22 g, respectively. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 5 × 2 × 2 factorial scheme (0.65; 0.70; 0.75; […]

This work was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effect of the bovine digestion process on the germination capacity of the capim-annoni-2 (Eragrostisplana Ness) seeds recovered in feces. The seeds (6 g, 27,273 seeds) were placed in a ruminal ventral sack of eight fistulated steers kept in pen trial. Forthy-three percent of the offered seeds were recovered in the feces. Seeds recovered in the first three days corresponded to 97.2% of the offered seeds. Only 7.2% of the […]

An experiment was performed to determine the dietary digestible lysine requirement of hens (Lohman LSL and Lohman Brown) from 54 to 70 weeks of age. Three hundred and sixty hens were randomly assigned to 5 × 2 factorial arrangement (Lys levels by hen strain), according to the dietary treatments withj six replicates (groups) of 6 birds. An experimental diet was formulated to contain deficient digestible lysine levels in order to be supplemented with lysine (L-Lys-HCL,78%) originating the five dietary treatments […]

The behavior of forage species (Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk, Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, Panicum maximum cvs. Tanzânia, Aruana and Mombaça, Hemarthria altissima cv. Florida; Paspalum notatum cv. Pensacola, Axonopus catharinensis, Cynodon sp. hybrid Tifton-85; Arachis pintoi cvs. Alqueire and Amarillo) submitted to different radiation levels produced by Pinus taeda trees (open sky, 9 meters between tree rows and 3 meters within the row and 15 meters between tree rows and 3 meters within the row) was evaluated in this trial. […]