The oats (Avena strigosa Schreb.) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) sodseeding in pasture of coastcross (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) was compared to oats and ryegrass in extreme tillage, as establishment methods of winter pastures under rotational stocking with lactating Holstein dairy cows. The total DM production (DMP), pre-grazed herbage mass, residue (RES), forage losses (FL), daily DM accumulation rate (DAR), stocking rate (SR), forage on offer (FO) and leaf blade biomass (LBB) were evaluated. For botanical composition, oats, ryegrass and […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effects of feeding diets containing corn silage or sugarcane bagasse plus high moisture corn or dry corn grain on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing young bulls. Twenty-eight Santa Gertrudis young bulls averaging 10 months of age and 245 kg of body weight were assigned to a completely randomized block design with a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Animals were maintained in individual pens during 142 days and were […]

Forty barrows with high genetic potential for lean gain in the carcass averaging initial and final body weights of 60.43 ± 1.56 kg and 96.66 ± 3.22 kg, respectively, were used to evaluate the effect of dietary digestible lysine levels based on the ideal protein concept, on performance and carcasss characteristics. The animals were assigned to a randomized blocks design, with four treatments, five replicates and two animals per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of a basal diet formulated to […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the diurnal ingestive behavior of late pregnant-early lactating Corriedale ewes grazing annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) at different phenological growth stages (vegetative, pre-flowering and flowering). Animals were maintained in paddocks of 1.3 ha from July 21 to November 11 of 2000. Grazing time, bite rate, bite weight, crude protein (CP) content per bite, and forage dry matter (DM) and CP intakes were measured. The longest grazing time and the greatest forage DM […]

The objectives of this study were to determine the efficiency of the libido test in corral compared to the test performed at field and to relate them to the gestation rate observed in a breeding season of 120 days. Thirteen Nelore bulls able to reproduce were submitted to the libido test in corral for 3 hours and evaluated by scores every five minutes. Nine of them were submitted to evaluation at field using a bull:cow proportion equal to 1:33. The […]

The objective of this trial was to compare different time intervals of chewing activity observation on lactating Saanen goats receiving diets containing cocoa meal or palm cake. Five goats averaging 41.6 of body weight were housed in individual pens and fed a diet containing corn and soybean meal as concentrate or diets in which corn and soybean meal was partially replaced by 15 and 30% of cocoa meal or palm cake (% DM). A 5 x 5 Latin square with […]

Seventy-two finishing Canchim bulls averaging 318 kg of initial body weight and 18 months of age were assigned to a completely randomized block design to evaluate the effects of replacing ground corn (GC) with dried citrus pulp (CP) on average daily weight gain, dry matter intake, feed efficiency, carcass yield, and Longissimus dorsi fat thickness. Diets contained forage (sugarcane silage) to concentrate ratio of 30:70 and the following levels of CP and GC: 100% GC (CP0), 50% GC + 50% […]

This study aimed to: a) to compare the covariance components obtained by Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) and by bayesian inference (BI); b) to run genetic evaluations for weights of Canchim cattle measured at weaning (W240) and at eighteen months of age (W550), adjusted or not to 240 and 550 days of age, respectively, using the mixed model methodology with covariance components obtained by REML or by BI; and c) to compare selection decisions from genetic evaluations using observed or adjusted […]

This study aimed to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters for foaling interval (FI), age at first foaling (AFF), generation interval (GI), reproductive life (RL) and foaling date distribution in equines of four genetic groups: Brazilian Showjumper (BS), Thoroughbred (Th), Hanoverian (HAN) and No Defined Breed (NDB). Data collected from 1977 to 2002 was provided by a Brazilian Army herd. Models used for analyses included the fixed effects of month and year of foaling and measuring, age of dam, foal sex […]

Eight non-pregnant, non-lactating dairy goats fitted with ruminal cannulas were assigned to two replicated 4 x 4 Latin squares to evaluate the effects of lipid supplementation on intake, total tract and ruminal digestibility of nutrients, ruminal metabolism, and microbial protein synthesis. Animals were fed a control diet (no fat supplementation; 2.0% ether extract) or a diet supplemented (4.5% of added ether extract) with soybean oil (SO), calcium salts of long-chain fatty acids (CS) or whole soybean grain (WS). No significant […]