This trial was carried out to determine the digestible lysine requirements of Nile tilapia juveniles. Ninety- six reverted fishes averaging initial weight of 5.72 ± 0.10 g were fed four diets (29.51% of crude protein and 3,235 kcal/kg of digestible energy) containing increasing levels of L-lysine HCl (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7%), during 42 days. The following treatments were evaluated: dietary lysine levels of 1.04; 1.27; 1.51 and 1.741%. Fishes were allotted to 1000-L 16 tanks, as a completely randomized […]

Random regression models were used to estimate genetic parameters for test-day milk yield (PLDC) of Alpine dairy goats, implemented by Bayesian methods with Gibbs Sampling. The estimates were compared with those obtained by random regression analysis, using REML. Heritability estimates obtained by Bayesian analysis ranged from 0.18 to 0.37, while those obtained by REML ranged from 0.09 to 0.32. Genetic correlations between yields of close test days approached the unit, but decreased gradually as the interval between test days increased. […]

The goal of this work was to assess nitrate losses in the soil profile. Nitrate concentration was determined in the profile of a soil under coastcross pasture (Cynodon dactylon cv. Coastcross), in São Carlos, SP, Brazil, in the rainy season of two consecutive years. The soil was a dark red Latosol (Hapludox), affected by tropical altitude climate. Nitrogen doses of 125, 250, 500 and 1,000 kg ha-1 year-1, as urea or ammonium nitrate were broadcasted splited in five applications. Soil […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of fibrolytic enzymes (cellulase and xylanase) on particle passage rate, dilution rate and ruminal parameters (pH and ammonia N) in animals fed diets containing corn silage or Tifton 85 hay (Cynodon spp.). Eight bovines fitted with ruminal and duodenal cannulas were randomly assigned to two 4 x 4 Latin squares in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments (two forage sources supplemented or not with fibrolytic enzymes). A commercial […]

The objective of this trial was to study the effects of different forms of concentrate processing on intake, apparent total tract digestibility of nutrients, ruminal degradability of DM and CP, and milk yield and composition. Sixteen dairy cows, pure Holstein and crossbred, were blocked by production level (30.0 and 20.0 kg/day) and randomly assigned to two Latin squares with four periods of 15 days each. Diets were isonitrogenous and contained the following forage (corn silage):concentrate ratios: 50:50 and 60:40 (% […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine nutritive value and verify performance of growing and finishing swine feed high moisture corn silage (HMCS) and reconstituted silage (RS) of higher oil corn. The digestibility assay was carried twelve cross breed barrow, were allotted in metabolism cages, in a completely randomized design. The values of digestible dry matter (DDM), digestible protein (DP), digestible starch (DS), digestible ether extract (DEE), digestible organic matter (DOM), digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) were for […]

One hundred and eighty male Ross 1-d chicks averaging initial weight of 43.0 ± 0.2 g were used to evaluate the effects of different environments on performance and carcass characteristics. The experiment was analyzed as a completely randomized design with three environments (thermal comfort, dry heat and wet heat), six replicates of ten birds per experimental unity reared from 1 to 49 days old. Diets and water were fed ad libitum. The temperature and relative humidity control in each environment […]

The purpose of this study was to compare estimates of genetic effects obtained using the additive-dominance model and another which included parameters for joint-additive (complementarity) and epistatic effects, as well as evaluate alternative objective criteria for choosing the lambda coefficient in ridge regression implementation. The results indicated that the criterion to be employed at the choice of lambda not only depends on the data set and the model used, but also on a previous knowledge about the phenomenon under study […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the environmental effects of contemporary groups (CG), Julian birth date (JBD), age of dam at calving (AD) and age of calf at weaning (AC) on pre-weaning performance traits: birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW) and 205 days adjusted weaning gain (WG) of Devon cattle raised in Rio Grande do Sul. A total of 23,369 records on animals, born from 1980 to 2000, collected by PROMEBO – beef cattle improvement program of Associação […]

The trial was conducted to evaluate the performance and morphologic changes of gastrointestinal tract and economic analysis for broilers fed sorghum-soybean meal-based diets, supplemented or not with multienzymatic complex (xilanase, amylase, protease), in the starting (experiment I) and finishing (experiment II) phases. The experiment was analyzed as a randomized block design with a 3 x 2 factorial arrangement [three sorghum levels (0, 50, and 100%) x enzyme level (0 and 100%)]. The experimental unit was a box with 17 birds […]