The objective of this work was to evaluate the supplementation of ewes 30 days before lambing, of the weaning age (45 or 60 days) of lambs and of the finishing system (on confinement – full diet or hay) or in grass on the profile of Tríceps brachii muscle fatty acid of no castrated male lambs. The animals were slaughter with 30 kg body weight or at 150 days-old. The lambs finished on confinement fed were slaughtered by age and the […]

The objective was to evaluate diets with different levels of CP and fat, and their effect on feathering and hematological and biochemical parameters of broilers submitted to cyclic heat stress (HS) since 21 d of age or in thermoneutral environment (TN). A factorial 2 x 2 + 2 was used, with two environments-TN (21-25ºC and RH 73%) and HS (25-32ºC and RH 65%), and two diets (D) – control (2.4% fat and 19.5%CP) and summer (SD) (4.0% fat and 18.5% […]

Data consisting of standardized weights at 120, 210, 365, 450 and 550 days of age (W120, W210, W365, W450 and W550), hip height at 18 months of age (HH) and standardized scrotal circumferences (SC) at 365, 450 and 550 days of age (SC365, SC450 and SC550) of Nelore animals born between 1998 and 2003, from ten ranches in six Brazilian States were used to estimate (co)variance components. Analyses were done by Restricted Maximum Likelihood methodology using single trait, two and […]

With the objective to establish the nutritional requirement of threonine for light and semi-heavy laying hens in the period from 34 to 50 weeks old, 580 laying hens (half Lohmann and half Lohmann Brown) submitted to a basal ration containing 2.850 kcal ME/kg, 14.0% CP, supplemented of five levels (0.00, 0.035, 0.07, 0.105, and 0.140%) of L-threonine, in order to provide 0.410, 0.445, 0.480, 0.515, and 0.550% of digestible threonine in the rations. A 5 x 2 (threonine level and […]

A study was conducted with the objective to evaluate the effects of replacing elephant-grass by spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus indica, Mill) as a forage source on intake, apparent digestibility of the nutrients and of ruminal fermentation characteristics of sheep. Five iso-nitrogenous diets were formulated where spineless cactus replaced 0, 14, 28, 42 and 56% of elephantgrass in the diet. Five non-castrated male sheep were allotted to a 5 x 5 Latin square design (five periods, five spineless cactus levels and […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the coefficient of repeatability of some agronomic characteristics in Panicum maximum hybrids. Ten plots of sexual plants of this species were randomly distributed among 230 plots of apomitic accessions. After natural hybridization, seeds of each sexual plant constituted a half-sib family. Thirty plants of each female progenitor were evaluated in a randomized blocks design, with five plants per plot and six replications. Based on five evaluation cuts, the coefficient of repeatability was estimated […]

An experiment was conducted with the objective to verify the effect of different levels of available phosphorus (aP) and of calcium (Ca) in the diet on the performance, the quality of eggs and the nutritional status of the bone tissue of japanese quails during the initial laying phase. A total of 700 japanese quails, with 61 days of age, distributed in 70 experimental units with 10 birds each were used. A completely randomized experimental design was use, in a 5 […]

The research evaluated the effects of the creep-feeding on the productive and reproductive performance of the primiparous cows, maintained on improved natural pasture with ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), white clover (Trifolium repens Lam.) and cornichão (Lotus corniculatus Lam. cv. São Gabriel). A completely randomized experimental design composed by four treatments according to 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (two sex: cows suckling male or female calves; two systems of feeding: cows suckling male or female with or without access creep-feeding, totalizing […]

The effect of fibrolytic enzymes addition (cellulase and xylanase) on the DM, CP, NDF, ADF, and hemicellulose in situ degradability of Tifton 85 hay (Cynodon spp.) cut at 30 and 90 days and sugarcane bagasse were evaluated with six bovines cannulated on the rumen. The enzymes were extracted from Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma longibrachiatum fungi and supplied 0.75 g/kg of DM/animal.day, through ruminal cannula. The incubation times were 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours. The incubation […]

This study was carried out to evaluate the requirement of digestible threonine in diets of gilts from 30 to 60 kg, maintained thermoneutral environment. Seventy crossbreed gilts with an initial weight of de 30.0 ± 0.61 kg were used in a randomized blocks design, with five treatments (levels of digestible threonine), seven replicates and two animals per experimental unity. The treatments corresponded of the levels of 0.50; 0.53; 0.56; 0.60; and 0.63% of digestible threonine. No effect was observed of […]