Two experiments (Exp) were carried out to evaluate diets for broilers formulated with reducing crude protein (CP) level, supplemented with synthetic amino acids, formulated based on total amino acids (TAA) (Exp 1) or digestible AA (DAA) (Exp 2). The experiments conducted in the period from 3 to 6 weeks of age of the birds. In both experiments, the four levels of CP were: 20.8, 19.7, 18.6 and 17.5% CP. In the Experiment 2, two other treatments were added: diets containing […]

It was evaluated the effect of anatomical characteristics and tissue lignification sites on the leaf blade nutritive value of four grasses sampled during the dry and rainy season. Fresh samples of the two last expanded leaf blades on the tiller tops of molassesgrass (Melinis minutiflora Pal. De Beauv), signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens Staph.), sapegrass (Imperata brasiliensis Trin.) and, jaraguagrass (Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Staph.) were collected in the rainy and dry seasons. These samples were evaluated according to anatomical characteristics using light […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different physical form of pre-starter diet on performance, nutrient utilization and development of gastrointestinal tract of broiler chicks during the first week of age. A total of 150-day-old male broiler chicks was allotted to a completely randomized design with three treatments and five replicates of 10 birds each. Treatments consisted of three physical forms of a commercial pre-starter diet: mashed, crumbled and pressed into pellets. Except for gizzard, the other organs […]

Twenty-five crossbred Holstein-Zebu cows was used to evaluate the effect of body condition score at calving on milk yield and composition and evaluate the body reserves mobilization by variation of body condition score during the first 120 days of lactation. The cows were allocated in two classes according to the body condition score at calving (BCSC), using a scale from 1 (very thin) to 5 (very fat): class 1, cows with of BCSC > 3.25; and class 2, cows with […]

With the objective of determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME), corrected apparent (AMEn), true metabolizable energy (TMEn) and corrected true (TME) values of eight feedstuffs and their respective coefficient of metabolizability, 300 male broiler chickens, Ross, averaging 21 days old, were assigned to eight treatment (feeds) and one reference diet, in three blocks with two replications per block and five birds per experimental unit. The feedstuffs studied were: two sample of wheat grain (WG), two wheat bran (WB), two corn […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the substitution of corn silage by fresh pressed citrus pulp (FPCP) on the performance of Santa Ines lambs. Twenty-four lambs, with average age of 90 days and initial average body weight of 18.44 kg, were feedlot during 67 days and fed with increasing levels of FPCP in substitution of corn silage (0, 25, 50, and 75 % DM). There was no difference for DM intake (DMI). The average values for DMI in g, […]

This study aimed to evaluate the genotype × environment interaction effect on birth (PN), weaning (P205) and yearling (P550) weights of Nellore cattle raised in 46 farms in three states (Rio Grande do Sul-RS, Santa Catarina-SC and Paraná-PR) of the South Region of Brazil, from 1976 to 2001. Records on 10,874 animals, sired by 425 bulls and 7,629 dams were used to estimate (co)variance components by REML. Univariate and bivariate models included the contemporaneous group, feeding type (P205 and P550), […]

The performance of calves fed until weaning time with high moisture grains silage or dry ground grains of corn or sorghum was evaluated, for posterior production of pink meat veal. Thirty Holstein calves were allotted to a complete randomized blocks experimental design with five blocks and six treatments, fed with six concentrate rations with similar contents of protein (22.5% CP) and energy (3.2 Mcal ME/kg DM) formulated with: dry ground corn (GC), high moisture corn silage (HMCS), dry ground sorghum […]

Pedigree and performance records of Holstein × Gir crossbred cows provided by the Brazilian Association of Girolando Breeders were used to estimate genetic parameters for milk yield (PL), 305 days milk yield (PL305), lactation length (DL), calving interval (IDP), age at first calving (IPP) and milk yield by day of calving interval (PL/IDP). Univariate models including additive, dominance and epistatic effects were fitted using 4,805 records of PL, PL305 and DL and 2,222, 1,408 and 2,363 records of IDP, IPP […]

The characteristics of carcasses and non carcass components of calves fed after weaning until slaughter with high moisture grains silage or dry ground grains of corn or sorghum was evaluated, for production of pink meat veal. Thirty Holstein calves were allotted to a complete randomized blocks experimental design with five blocks and six concentrate rations with similar contents of protein (18.5% CP) and energy (3.2 Mcal ME/kg DM), formulated with dry ground corn (GC), high moisture corn silage (HMCS), dry […]