This experiment was aimed to evaluate the grazing strategies of steers in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.) pastures managed with four sward heights, 10, 20, 30 and 40 cm. The hypothesis that different sward heights could determine variations on the displacement patterns and herbage capture by grazing animals, with potential impacts in a crop-livestock system was tested. The treatments (sward heights) were distributed in a randomized block design with three replicates. Diurnal evaluations were […]

The objective of this work was to study the effects of age of cow at calving (IPV) and age of calf at weaning (IDD) as well as the direct additive genetic effects (AD) and maternal (AM), and the individual heterozygosity (HI) on visual scores of conformation (CD), precocity (PD) and musculature (MD) and average daily weight gain from birth to weaning (GND), for animals used to form the Brangus breed. The study analyzed 53,683, 45,136, 52,937 and 56,471 records on […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritional value of the dried egg (DEGG), and the effect of the post-starvation hatching time (PSHT) and the inclusion of dried egg powder in the diet of broiler chicks. In experiment 1, 120 male Ross-308 broiler chicks were housed according to a completely randomized design into three treatments and five repetitions of eight birds each. Excreta collection was daily performed from 24 to 29 days of age in the morning and afternoon. […]

The aim of this study was to compare the selection criteria based on the average daily gain (ADG) and days to achieve 160 kg (D160) on pre-weaning of Guzerat cattle. Database on weight gains provided by the Brazilian Association of Zebu Cattle Breeders (ABCZ) was used. The estimated genetic parameters and breeding values was obtained by the Restricted Maximum Likelihood Method, using a uni-trait animal model, with equations of mixed models. The model included the fixed effect of contemporary group, […]

Twelve 5/8 Nellore 3/8 Charolais steers were used, with 22 months (660 days) of age. The animals were feedlot finished and divided into two categories: light animals – initial feedlot live weight (LW) of 362.67 kg and heavy animals – initial feedlot LW of 441.33 kg. The slaughter weight established was of 500 kg. The animals were fed a 60:40 ratio corn silage and concentrate diet. The different initial weights at the finishing increased the feedlot time, since light animals […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% water restriction (WR) on broiler performance, behavior, organ development (heart, leg, proventriculus and gizzard, liver, and intestines), and intestinal micrometry. Four hundred and eighty ROSS 308 male broilers were raised in battery cages measuring 0.72 m2, from 1 to 21 days of age. Feed was offered ad libitum, and environmental temperatures were kept in thermoneutral conditions. Water intake was estimated based on a control […]

It was investigated the association between leptin gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) T2411C and T3266G with carcass traits in F2 pigs obtained by crossing native Brazilian Piau with commercial sows composed of Landrace, Large White and Pietrain breeds. Association analyses were performed using a statistical model that included genotype, sex, and batch as fixed effects, sire and error as random effects. The T2411C SNP was associated with skinless and fatless boston shoulder weight (BSW), backfat thickness at last rib, 6.5 […]

In three years of research, 223 purebred Nelore and crossbred Canchim × Nelore, Angus × Nelore and Simmental × Nelore calves received either mineral mixture or 3 kg/animal/day of a concentrate, containing 18.8% crude protein and 81.5% total digestible nutrients, on a dry basis, while in a rotational grazing of Cynodon dactylon cv. Coastcross, fertilized pastures. Available forage (kg dry matter/ha) was different for paddocks of cattle receiving mineral mixture (2,961 kg) from those receiving concentrate (3,383 kg). However, forage […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate alternative feeds for adult horses characterized as agroindustrial by-products through the total apparent digestibility and digestible nutrients determinations with Creole adult horses. Five animals were housed in individual metabolism cages and fed with five experimental diets, starting from a reference diet containing peletized ration and Tifton – 85 hay, and other four with the replacement of 30% with weight basis (kg/kg) of the reference diet for each one of the agro industrial […]

The objective in this work was to evaluate the economicity of the finishing phase on feedlot of F1 Red Angus × Nellore (½ RA ½ N) and Blond D’Aquitaine × Nellore (½ BA ½ N) crossbred young bulls slaughtered at 480, 520 and 560 kg of body weight. Thirty-six F1 crossbred young bull with 20 months of initial average age: 18 ½RA½ N and 18 ½N½ BA were allotted to a completely randomized design in a 2 × 3 factorial […]