Two hundred and eighty-six observations on interval between first and second parturition (IEP1) and 1,106 observations on interval between parturitions considering all parturitions (IEP2) of 89 Nellore (NN), 47 F1 Guzerat x Nellore (GN), 76 F1 Red Angus x Nellore (RN), 35 F1 Marchigiana x Nellore (MN) and 39 F1 Simental x Nellore (SN) cows were analyzed in this study. Least squares means for IEP1 were: 492 ± 22 d, 505 ± 25 d, 433 ± 22 d, 453 ± […]

The effects of some environmental factors on milk yield and milk chemical composition and also on somatic cells count in dairy herds assisted by cooperatives (DHI) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil were investigated in this trial. Data were obtained from a 5-year period of dairy control program totalizing 165,311 observations and were used to investigate the effects of year and month of dairy control, age at calving, time of farm on dairy control and stage of lactation on milk […]

The trial was carried out to evaluate the performance and mineral levels in the litter of broilers from 1 to 21 days old, fed diets with low-crude protein (CP) and low available phosphorus (AP) supplemented with synthetic amino acids and phytase. A total of 1-d 1.500 male Cobb broiler chickens averaging initial weight of 42.5 g was allotted to floor pens as a complete randomized blocks design, with 3 x 3 + 1 factorial arrangement, being three levels of CP […]

The objective of this trial was to determine the energy value of oat, barley, cassava residue and linseed grain (whole and milled) for Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Three hundred and sixty 40-d male quails were assigned to a completely randomized design with six treatments (reference diet + five feedstuffs), six replications and ten birds per pen. The total feces collection was the used methodology. The feedstuffs evaluated were used at a level of 20% replacing the energy source of […]

A trial was conducted with fifty pigs (Landrace x Large White), barrows and gilts, from 15 to 30 kg, in the initial growing phase to determine the digestible sulfur amino acids requirements. The animals were allotted to a completely randomized experimental block design, with five treatments (0.502, 0.530, 0.558, 0.586, and 0.614% of digestible methionine plus cystine), five replicates and two animals (one male and one female) per experimental unit. It was observed quadract effect of treatments on daily weight […]

Fifty Alpine lactating does were used to evaluate the effects of feeding different levels of forage neutral detergent fiber (FNDF) on nutrient intake and milk yield and composition. Animals were housed individually and assigned to a completely randomized design with five treatments and ten replicates. A total mixed ration, containing Tifton-85 (Cynodon sp.) hay, ground corn, soybean meal and mineral mixture was fed ad libitum. The experimental diets contained 20, 27, 34, 41 or 48% of FNDF. As dietary FNDF […]

In order to identify methods of recuperation of degraded pastures in the Agreste of Pernambuco, an experiment was conducted in the Fazenda Riacho do Papaguaio, municipial district of São João. It was used a split-plot feature within a confounded randomized block design. The experimental treatments were four recovery managements (deferment, deferment + harrowing, deferment + harrowing + corn as a companion crop, deferment + corn as a companion crop), two levels of nitrogen (0 and 100 kg/ha of N), two […]

Selection for yearling weight has been applied in a herd of Gir breed (80 cows, 6 sires) since 1976 and a Nelore Control herd (60 cows, 4 sires) has been used to evaluate the environmental change. Selection criteria were bull weight at 378 days (P378) in a performance test and heifer weight at 550 days (P550), under grazing conditions. The effective midparent selection differentials for P378 and P550 were 19.5 and 1.8 kg respectively for Gir and NeC, corresponding to […]

Data comprising 68,523 test day milk yield of 8,536 cows of the Holstein breed, calving from 1996 to 2001, were used to compare random regression models, for estimating variance components. Test day records (TD) were analyzed as multiple traits, considering each TD as a different trait. The test day records were analyzed as longitudinal traits by different random regression models regarding the function used to describe the trajectory of the lactation curve of the animals. The Wilmink’s exponential function, the […]

Three treatments were accomplished (10.0, 13.5, and 17.0% of CP) to evaluate the effect of dietary CP levels on the reproductive performance of 36 females (12 females per treatment) in the first pregnancy. The diets were formulated to contain (or to exceed) all the nutrients to meet the animal requirements, with the exception of CP, according to NRC (1998). Although the protein was diluted with starch, the amino acid proportion was constant in all diet, due to the constant relation […]